BACOLOD CITY – Experts said that cracks on a mountain in Camp Valdez, Barangay Mambaroto, Sipalay City, Negros Occidental, could develop into a sinkhole. Authorities are keeping a close watch on these fissures following a recent landslide. Executive Assistant Dionilo Bogtae, head of the Public...
BANGKOK (AP) — A part of a road in Bangkok collapsed Wednesday, leaving a large sinkhole that disrupted traffic, damaged infrastructure and prompted evacuations in the surrounding area. There were no casualties but three vehicles were damaged by the collapse in Thailand 's capital, Bangkok...
The site of a sinkhole, 20 meters wide and 18 meters deep, at an intersection in Seoul's Gangdong Ward is shown, one day after it opened and swallowed a motorcyclist, Seoul, March 25. (Yonhap) SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A motorcyclist who fell into a massive sinkhole that opened on a...
A sinkhole is a hole in the earth's surface caused by the erosion of the ground layer beneath, according to the United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response (UN-SPIDER). This hole grows over time and can have a diameter ranging from one to 600...
SANTIAGO, Chile -- Experts in Chile on Tuesday were investigating the appearance of an enormous sinkhole, bigger than a tennis court, that has appeared near a copper mine in the Atacama desert. Aerial view taken on August 1, 2022, showing a large sinkhole that appeared over the weekend near the...
Marvel Studios’ “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” and the Korean action film “On the Line” became the top-grossing films in South Korea for the month of September. The Korean Film Council (KOFIC), which tracks box office receipts, released the list of the top movies in South...
Scenes from “Sinkhole” (KOFIC / Showbox) “Sinkhole,” the disaster comedy film starring Cha Seung-won, Kim Sung-kyun, former “Running Man” star Lee Kwang-soo and Kim Hye-jun, has set an opening day record for a Korean film this year. According to the Korean Film Council (KOFIC), which...
