Seoul-bound KTX train derails, 15 injured
Social affairsDec 8, 2018
A KTX bullet train bound for Seoul derailed Saturday shortly after departure, injuring more than a dozen passengers, authorities said.No deaths were reported and the Korea Railroad Corp., the operator of the train, said the accident seems to be attributable to a rail problem caused by freezing weather. (Yonhap)The train, with 198 passengers aboard, went off the tracks at around 7:35 a.m., minutes after departing from Gangneung, a city located 237 kilometers east of Seoul. It was running at about