Episode 91: Yeosu Immigration Detention Center Fire (여수출입국관리사무소 화재)

Dark Korea — Korean True Crime & Mysteries · Oct 12, 2026 · 13m

Just before four in the morning, in a government building in the port city of Yeosu, men woke up to smoke. They were behind iron bars. They weren't prisoners. Most of them were migrant workers waiting to be sent home, and many had been fighting for wages they were never paid. The keys to their doors were on another floor. By the time the doors were opened, ten of them were dying or already dead. Yeosu Immigration Detention Center Fire (여수출입국관리사무소 화재) · 2007-02-11 · Foreigner detention rooms, third floor of the Yeosu Immigration Office, Hwajang-dong, Yeosu, South Jeolla Province