Sunday, November 18, 2012

Abandoned Okpo Land, South Korea

Okpo Land was an amusement park based on the outskirts of Okpo-Dong, South Korea. It was demolished in 2011. One of the many closed amusement parks of Asia, Okpo Land has a tragic past related to one ride in particular. The duck-themed ride,  is known to have caused at least one fatality in the 1990s, for which no compensation or apology was received, and the ride continued to operate. However, in 1999, the ride claimed its second life, a young girl who was thrown to the ground when a cart derailed and capsized. After this incident, the park's owner disappeared overnight, leaving the park to be closed after being deemed unsafe. Okpo Land was abandoned after its closure, the rides left in place. Horrifically, the capsized cart from which the child plummeted to her death in 1999 was also left in place, hanging over the edge of the ride's tracks.

Okpo Land was left in ruin, over time, consumed with  graffiti, and one building the victim of arson. However, sometime in the Fall of 2011, the site was completely demolished. 

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View of Geoje City from Okpo Land - LINK




Rollercoaster cars at the abandoned amusement park in Okpo, Geoje, South Korea. - LINK


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