Subway explosion injures 11 at South Korean subway station

SEOUL, South Korea - An electrical problem caused an explosion at a South Korean subway station Monday evening, lightly injuring 11 people, an emergency official said. A part of the train's electrical insulation device was damaged and triggered the explosion at a station in Gunpo city just south of Seoul, local emergency official Yoo Hyung-gi said. He said operations later resumed at the station. The incident came as South Korean media ramped up their focus on allegations of widespread safety negligence in the country following a ferry disaster that left more than 300 people dead or missing last month.

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