Blade threat at Korea's Antarctic base puts crew member under police investigation

A member of a Korean Antarctic research team threatened fellow crew members with a blade at Jang Bogo Station, raising concerns about conduct and oversight at the country's remote polar outposts. According to the Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI), a winter-over station member pulled a blade on station personnel in April. Korean media reports identified the suspect as a man in his 50s with a prior record of misconduct and friction with colleagues, who fashioned the 30-centimeter blade made of a steel sheet in the station's workshop. The incident ended with no one injured after station officials separated the suspect from the group. The suspect departed last week and returned to Korea, Monday, where he is now under police investigation. His transport was secured through international cooperation, with Antarctic winter having largely grounded air operations. Jang Bogo Station, established in 2014 on Terra Nova Bay in Victoria Land in southeastern Antarctica, is Korea's second Antarctic base and its first on the Antarctic mainland, built 26 years after King Sejong Station on King GeorgWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times