Auditorium Roof collapses in South Korea, kills more than ten people

South Korean President Park Geun-Hye called on Tuesday for a full investigation into the collapse of a student-packed auditorium near the southern city of Gyeongju that killed at least 10 people and injured more than 100. More than 560 college students taking part in a freshman orientation were believed to have been attending a concert in the building when the roof caved in on Monday, apparently under the weight of heavy snow, at around 9:15 pm (1215 GMT). The auditorium was part of a mountain resort complex near Gyeongju that had experienced unusually heavy snowfall in the preceding week. ‘It is heart-rending that so many lives were sacrificed... a thorough investigation must be carried out,’ Park told a cabinet meeting. The tragedy occurred as the country was still reeling from news of the bombing of a bus laden with South Korean tourists in Egypt near the Israeli border. Police said a suicide bomber was probably behind the attack on Sunday that killed three South Koreans and their Egyptian driver.