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A South Korean driver pushes his truck through flooded street in southern Seoul on July 27, 2011. Heavy rain hit the central part of the Korean peninsula, triggering landslides that killed 18 people. - AFP Photo
SEOUL: Landslides triggered by torrential rain in South Korea have killed a total of 18 people, police and a rescue agency said Wednesday.
They said 12 people died when a mudslide hit an inn and three homes in the mountainous Chuncheon area 100 kilometres east of Seoul. Five people were killed in a mudslide in southern Seoul and one elsewhere in the city.
