Deadly Fire Undermines South Korean Leader’s Vow to Make Country Safer<br />Moon, vowed to make South Korea "safer." Mr. Moon’s credibility on<br />that front was dented when 29 people were killed and 40 injured in a fire that gutted a sports center in the town of Jecheon, about 75 miles southeast of Seoul, in December.<br />Moon have hoped that the Olympics will help create a political thaw, adding momentum to Mr. Moon’s policy of promoting<br />dialogue with North Korea, as political parties gear up for mayoral and governors’ elections in June.<br />26, 2018<br />SEOUL, South Korea — When President Moon Jae-in took power in South Korea last May, he vowed to make his disaster-prone country a safer place to live.<br />In a deal that Mr. Moon’s government has billed as a major step toward improving ties on the divided Korean Peninsula, the two Koreas also<br />agreed to march together, carrying a "unified Korea" flag, during the opening ceremony in the South Korean town of Pyeongchang on Feb. 9.<br />But Mr. Moon’s decision to form a joint hockey team with the North after it threatened its neighbors with nuclear weapons has<br />proved vastly unpopular, particularly among young voters, Mr. Moon’s traditional supporters, according to recent surveys.<br />" Mr. Choi said, adding that six of the people who died were found in an elevator.<br />that Many of the patients could not move on their own and were ones who had difficulties breathing,<br />2 official in Mr. Moon’s government, said on Friday while visiting Miryang, about 170 miles southeast of Seoul.
