36. P’yŏngch’ŏn Apartment Block Collapse, North Korea
Built: 2014 (Under Construction)
Collapsed: 2014
Est. Damages: $25-$50 million*
P’yŏngch’ŏn-guyok is a ward in Pyongyang, North Korea. It has a population of 181,142, and a good portion of that population lives in apartment buildings like the one in Ansan 1-dong, which was under construction when it collapsed. The May 2014 collapse was a vertical, downward destruction, which meant that neighboring buildings were not harmed.
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On May 13, the twenty-three-story building was part of the skyline, and the next day it wasn’t. North Korea hadn’t intended to confirm the collapse to the media until it realized that people outside the country already knew. However, the cause has not been and will probably not be released.