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Back|Daegu Mayor-elect Choo Kyung-ho strengthens emergency response system by establishing hotline with KORAIL
Daegu Mayor-elect Choo Kyung-ho strengthens emergency response system by establishing hotline with KORAIL
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연합뉴스·6/16/2026·Politics·1 min read·🇰🇷South Korea·

Daegu Mayor-elect Choo Kyung-ho strengthens emergency response system by establishing hotline with KORAIL

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  • Daegu Mayor-elect Choo Kyung-ho announced that he would strengthen the emergency response system by establishing a hotline with KORAIL in relation to the KTX train breakdown accident.
  • Citizen safety was the top priority and emphasis was placed on preventing similar accidents from recurring and improving the safe passenger disembarkation system.

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Daegu = Yonhap News) Reporter Lee Kang-il = Daegu Mayor-elect Choo Kyung-ho said on the 16th, "As citizen safety is a non-negotiable top priority, we have decided to strengthen the emergency response system by establishing a hotline between Daegu City and KORAIL."

President-elect Chu said this in relation to the accident on the 13th when a KTX train passing through Daegu came to an emergency stop due to a breakdown.

The train, which had made an emergency stop at the time, was moved to Dongdaegu Station after dispatched KORAIL employees took emergency measures, and the passengers transferred to a temporary train prepared at Dongdaegu Station.

President-elect Chu also emphasized, “It is necessary to prepare improvement measures to prevent similar accidents from recurring and to improve the passenger guidance and safe disembarkation system in case of emergency.”

He said, “The top priority of the city administration is for citizens to live safely and safely,” and added, “By establishing a hotline with KORAIL, we will do our best to quickly share and respond to the situation in case of emergency to avoid any inconvenience to citizens.”

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  • Daegu Mayor-elect Choo Kyung-ho announced that he would strengthen the emergency response system by establishing a hotline with KORAIL in relation to the KTX train breakdown accident.
  • Citizen safety was the top priority and emphasis was placed on preventing similar accidents from recurring and improving the safe passenger disembarkation system.

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