After the super rainstorm raids, South Korea focuses on the basement and semi -basement residents

[Global Times special reporter Zhang Jing in South Korea] This month's raid raid in Seoul caused major casualties and property losses. Data from the Central Disaster Security Countermeasures of the South Korean Central Disaster Disaster show that as of the 11:00 on the 11th, the heavy rain had died of 12 people, and 7 disappeared. A family of three lives living in a half basement in Guanyue District, Seoul, triggers reflection on Korean society due to the tragedy of fleeing less than unfortunately. The Seoul Municipal Government announced on the 10th that it will negotiate with the central government to revise relevant laws, prohibit the use of basement or semi -basement as living space to prevent similar tragedies from being staged again.

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According to South Korea's "Korean National News" reported on the 11th, around 21:00 on the 8th, a family of three in the Guanyue District trapped a half basement. Because the water potential was too large to escape, they could only help the police and firefighters, but the Seoul alarm for help increased the call on the same day. When the firefighters arrived in the early morning of the next day, the three had drowned. This tragedy is not a case. On the evening of the 8th, a 50 -year -old woman also drowned in a semi -basement in the Tongqui District, Seoul.

After the tragedy, some Korean experts pointed out that because the semi -basement is often water and poor ventilation, it is not suitable for human residence, and the underground space should be completely prohibited from living. South Korea's "Central Daily" reported on the 11th that the Seoul Municipal Government announced on the 10th that when the construction permit was issued in the future, the underground and semi -basement will no longer be allowed to live. The Seoul Municipal Government will also introduce incentive measures to encourage the owners of the basement and semi -basement to change the house to non -residential use after moving out, and at the same time, it will promote the plan to buy such vacant houses from the Seoul residential city commune.

The movie "Parasitic" revealed Seoul's "semi -underworld life". This rare rainstorm made public opinion really pay attention to the huge group of Seoul living in a "parasitic apartment". Korean media reported that as of 2020, there were about 200,000 such houses in Seoul alone. Data from the South Korean Department of Statistics show that in 2020, a total of 32.732 million households in South Korea lived in semi -underground (including underground) houses. Based on an average of 1.9 people per household, more than 620,000 people lived in a semi -basement. The South Korean Institute of Homeland Research said in a report in a report in 2020 that the reason why the capital circle had a large number of semi -underground houses was mainly because the cost of land on the ground was too high. The survey shows that 29.4%of the semi -basement residents in Seoul are basic living security funds. The writer of the report, Cui Enying, director of the South Korean Municipal Institute, said, "The semi -basement is the last fortress of poor families."

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