# Explosion at South Korean Military Base **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 24, 2024, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosion-at-south-korean-military-base/1012080 "2024-12-24T00:21:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2024, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosion-at-south-korean-military-base/1012080/1 "2024-12-24T00:21:33Z")
From [_The Korea Times_](https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2024/12/113_388976.html): > 3 people injured in explosion at military base in Gimhae > > Three civilians were injured in an explosion at a military base in this southeastern city on Monday, authorities said. > > The explosion occurred during an inspection of a recently constructed tank facility for hazardous materials at the base of a logistics support group in Gimhae, about 310 kilometers southeast of Seoul, at 9:27 a.m., according to the police and firefighting officials. Gimhae is the city just to the west of Busan and this was at a Korean, not US, military base. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2024, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosion-at-south-korean-military-base/1012080/2 "2024-12-24T00:31:20Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > The explosion occurred during an inspection of a recently constructed tank facility for hazardous materials I don’t think it is going to pass inspection. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2024, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosion-at-south-korean-military-base/1012080/3 "2024-12-24T00:50:15Z")
Don’t jump to conclusions. It was stored and there’s no doubt now that whatever it was definitely qualifies as hazardous. I actually found out about this last night while watching videos on Kuaishou. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2024, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosion-at-south-korean-military-base/1012080/4 "2024-12-24T00:52:37Z")
The North Koreans have been sending drones into South Korea; any possibility that’s the cause of the explosion? ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2024, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosion-at-south-korean-military-base/1012080/5 "2024-12-24T00:53:17Z")
That far south? Incredibly doubtful. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2024, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosion-at-south-korean-military-base/1012080/6 "2024-12-25T12:17:10Z")
Israel is regularly being attacked by drones from Yemen, which is much further away than any two points in North and South Korea. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2024, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosion-at-south-korean-military-base/1012080/7 "2024-12-26T20:07:07Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > I don’t think it is going to pass inspection. Well, _now_ it won’t. But one wonders given that the infamous Sampoong Department store had passed inspections before it became a [pile of rubble](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sampoong_Department_Store_collapse) with over 500 dead. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2024, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosion-at-south-korean-military-base/1012080/8 "2024-12-31T20:47:04Z")
Undoubtedly there are hundreds of NK agents and sympathizers that far south though.