On 19 July 2025, record-breaking rainfall triggered a landslide that destroyed 26 buildings. Plans are now being developed to permanently relocate the community. On 19 July 2025, parts of South Korea suffered record-breaking rainfall. Flooding and landslides were the inevitable outcome. One location that was particularly severely impacted was a small rural village called Sangneung, […]
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The 19 July 2025 multiple landslide event in Sancheong, South Korea
On 19 July 2025, intense, long duration rainfall triggered over 550 landslides in Sancheong, South Korea, killing at least 10 people. On 19 July 2025, extremely heavy rainfall triggered multiple landslides in Sancheong, South Korea. This event has been described by a new paper (Nguyen et al. 2026) just published in the journal Landslides. The […]
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Climate Change Heightened Conditions of South Korean Fires
Unusually low rainfall and humidity, combined with windier days, made the catastrophic wildfires more likely.
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Debris flow hazards in urban environments – an example from South Korea
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. An interesting paper (Lee et al. 2024 – available online as a pdf) has recently been published in the International Journal of Erosion Control Engineering, which considers landslide problems in expanding urban […]
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The Jinbu debris flow experiment in South Korea
A new paper in the journal Landslides (Yune et al. 2023) describes a remarkable debris flow experiment at in South Korea in which 600 cubic metres of soil and water was released down a natural channel.
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Cycles of Mountain Building Formed 2018 Winter Olympics Terrain
The Korean Peninsula’s rich geologic history can be traced on the slopes of the alpine ski course.