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There is still no news that a missing person was found at the site of the Gwangju apartment collapse. Last night, an overnight search continued for the first time in two weeks after the accident, but to no avail.



Reporter Kim Jung-in reports.



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The 24-hour search system, which started for the first time yesterday (24th), operated overnight.



The search operation, which was carried out by night shifts, was centered on the upper floors of the building where the missing persons were presumed to be.



17 specialists who have been dispatched to overseas large-scale disaster sites and even participated in rescue activities were also deployed to the site.



Debris removal work was also carried out using equipment such as hydraulic cutters and a 1-ton small excavator, but no traces of the five missing persons were found.



Two weeks after the accident occurred, the conclusion of the first meeting held at the Central Accident Management Headquarters yesterday with the Minister of Employment and Labor as the head of the department was limited to the basics.



[Ahn Gyeong-deok / Minister of Employment and Labor (Chairman of Central Accident Management Headquarters): So that the Central Accident Management Headquarters and the Gwangju Regional Disaster Response Headquarters can work together to resolve this accident as quickly and safely as possible... .]



The victims' families, who had already requested the government's active support several times, complained that the response was delayed.



[Mr. Ahn / Representative of Collapse Victims' Family Council: Welcome, but it is not an understandable situation.

All of you (the press) kept telling me that, and even though we shouted, it’s only now that we’re moving…

At the rescue site, a child burns to death, but that part is so frustrating.]



The police also upgraded the head of the investigation headquarters in this case from the head of the investigation department of the Gwangju Police Agency to the head of the Gwangju Police Agency.



As the situation of poor construction has been revealed in various places since the early days of the disaster, there are also criticisms that it is a belated personnel action.