Seoul’s Hangang Bus service fails again, exposing safety failures, ignored warnings
River cities like to say that water reveals more than it hides. Seoul’s latest commuter experiment has learned this in the most public way.
A vessel on the Hangang Bus service, promoted as a sleek escape from congested roads, hit a sand bar near Jamsil on Saturday, leaving 82 passengers stranded for nearly an hour. It was the second suspension of the service in as many months, a reminder that civic ambition without preparation quickly runs aground.
Introduced in September as one of Mayor Oh Se-hoon's signature
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