Many feared dead in N. Korea building collapse

SEOUL: Senior North Korean officials have publicly apologized for an “unimaginable” accident at an apartment construction site, state media said on Sunday, a rare admission of culpability by the secretive hardline state.

South Korean officials said the incident involved the collapse of a 23-storey apartment building in Pyongyang’s Pyongchon district, which already had close to 100 families in residence.