South Korean Foreign Minister Song Min-soon sent a message to
his Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi on Tuesday to offer his
condolences after the death of 12 Chinese citizens in an explosion
at a warehouse in the South Korean city of Icheon.
Song also pledged the South Korean government would take all
measures needed to provide medical treatment for the injured and
deal with problems arising from the explosion.
The Chinese Embassy in South Korea told Xinhua that 12 Chinese
citizens were killed and another seriously injured in Monday's
explosion and fire at the warehouse in Icheon, 80 km southeast of
Seoul.
The blast also killed another 28 people.
(Xinhua News Agency January 9, 2008)
