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| S Korea building collapse: Dozens of students trapped | S Korea building collapse: Dozens of students trapped |
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| Dozens of university students in South Korea are reported to be trapped in a building collapse in Gyeongju in the southeast. | Dozens of university students in South Korea are reported to be trapped in a building collapse in Gyeongju in the southeast. |
| At least three people have been killed, an official says. | |
| Fire services told AFP that part of the ceiling of an auditorium collapsed at the resort complex, during an orientation event for first-year students. | |
| It appears to have been caused by heavy snow on the roof, they said. | It appears to have been caused by heavy snow on the roof, they said. |
| Local media reports say the collapse happened at around 21:15 local time (12:15 GMT) and that there were around 100 students in the hall. Around half are reported to have escaped. | |
| Rescue workers with heavy equipment are at the scene but heavy snow around the mountain resort is thought to be slowing access. | |
| Several hundred students from a foreign language college in the southern city of Busan were at the resort, according to local news agency Yonhap. Many of them are thought to have been attending a concert in the auditorium when it collapsed. | |
| The area has experienced exceptionally heavy snowfall over the past week. | |
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