President Yoon urges disaster system overhaul after flood deaths

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has called for an overhaul of the country's disaster response system after days of torrential rain. Five more bodies were recovered from an underground road on Monday, bringing the number of people dead or missing to 50.

The majority of the casualties — including 19 of the dead and eight of the missing — were from North Gyeongsang province and were largely due to massive landslides in the mountainous area that engulfed houses with people inside. He urged officials to mobilize all available resources for restoration work, calling the current situation an "emergency".