20 May 25
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Integrated Emergency Response System in Need
Korea prides itself for being superfast at adopting and building new things like none other.
The country has proven to be slow and disorganized in its emergency response. This is in part due to Korea’s dispatch centers, such as police, military and fire services, using different communication systems and channels.
This issue of using a split system for emergency authorities has been around for more than a decade since the 2003 Daegu subway arson attack. It has still not been resolved even after politicians and authorities saw the importance of having a consolidated communication system in the aftermath of the fire. Their negligence, indifference and carelessness toward developing a streamlined response eventually worsened recent tragedies.