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