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	Korea (South): Emergency Numbers to Be Merged
	Several emergency numbers will likely be merged into a single number so as to make the whole system more efficient in the wake of the ferry disaster in April. Currently, there are 13 such numbers, including 119 (fire), 112 (crimes), 122 (accidents at sea) and 130 (drug-related). When the Sewol sank, over 20 passengers called 119 to report the situation but no one dialed 122, leading to slow responses from the Korea Coast Guard.
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	Korea (South): Korea to Increase Disaster Medical Treatment Budget by 9.5 Times
	In the wake of the Sewol ferry disaster, the Ministry of Health and Welfare announced on June 11 that it will increase the current disaster medical treatment budget by 9.5 times by next year. The ministry will set aside a total of 20.8 billion won ($20.4 million) for emergency medical care next year, increasing the number of hospitals, ambulances and medical staff. The current budget is 2.2 billion won.
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	Korea (South): S Korea Holds Nationwide Fire Drill, Focus on "Golden Hour"
	Workers, shoppers and hotel guests evacuated buildings across South Korea on June 20 in an unprecedented nationwide fire drill to beef up public safety following the ferry disaster that claimed around 300 lives in April. The NEMA spokesman said the drill was aimed at honing emergency response times to a major fire, with a particular focus on the "golden hour", the time period following traumatic injury during which there is the highest likelihood that prompt medical treatment will prevent death.
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	Korea (South): S. Korea Holds Anti-Disaster Drill Following Accidents
	Seoul: South Korea conducted a nationwide anti-disaster drill on October 22 as part of efforts to better train citizens for swift evacuation in the wake of a series of deadly accidents.\r\nThe emergency drill came amid repeated calls for better safety precautions following April\'s ferry sinking that killed more than 300 people and last week\'s deadly pop concert accident.A fire drill was held on a subway train leaving Sangwolgok Station on Line 6 in northern Seoul, involving 95 citizens, including middle school students, and subway operator officials.\r\nThe drill focused on how to swiftly evacuate people and how to put the situation under c
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	Korea (South): Disaster-Response Robot Nets South Korean Team $2m Prize
	Pomona, California, USA: A South Korean team has won a 3-year U.S. contest to create a robot capable of helping in disaster response conditions that are unsafe for humans.\r\nTeam Kaist of Daejeon took home $2 million in prize money for its DRC-Hubo robot after the DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals ended Saturday (June 06) in Pomona, California.The contest by the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency started after the 2011 Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear disaster in Japan, where workers couldn’t vent hydrogen from the overloaded reactors without enduring excess radiation.The 23 international teams’ robots were timed while navigat
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Korea (South): Emergency Numbers to Be Merged

Korea (South): Korea to Increase Disaster Medical Treatment Budget by 9.5 Times

Korea (South): S Korea Holds Nationwide Fire Drill, Focus on "Golden Hour"

Korea (South): S. Korea Holds Anti-Disaster Drill Following Accidents

Korea (South): Disaster-Response Robot Nets South Korean Team $2m Prize

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