South Korea suffered its second serious transport accident in just over two weeks on Friday when a subway train in the capital, Seoul, crashed into a train at a station, injuring 200 people although no one was killed.

The country is still mourning the victims of a ferry accident on April 16, when 300 people were killed or are missing in the submerged hull of a capsized ship in the country's worst disaster in 20 years.

Most of those hurt in the mid-afternoon accident on Friday appeared to have suffered minor abrasions, although one person was being treated for a brain hemorrhage and one for a fracture.

About 1,000 people were evacuated. Officials said the accident was caused by a signal failure and that two subway cars were derailed.

Reuters

(China Daily 05/03/2014 page4)