Sampoong Department Store collapse ( ) was a structural failure that occurred on June 29 , 1995 , in the Seocho-gu district of Seoul , South Korea . The collapse is the largest peacetime disaster in South Korean history , killing 502 people and injuring 937 . It was the deadliest modern building collapse until the September 11 attacks in New York City , and the deadliest non-deliberate building collapse until the 2013 Savar building collapse near Dhaka , Bangladesh
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Sampoong Department Store collapse