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South Korea's Samcheok Coal Mine Shuts Down After 89 Years, Leaving Town in Limbo

Summary by The Korea Times
The coal may be gone, but the dust hasn’t settled in Dogye. Home to more than 50,000 people in the 1980s, the mining town in Samcheok, a coastal city in Gangwon Province, has watched its population sh...

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The Korea Times broke the news in Korea, Republic of on Wednesday, July 16, 2025.
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