Hungarian House Speaker reacts to Seoul disaster

House Speaker László Kövér on Sunday sent a letter of condolences to his South Korean counterpart Kim Jin-pyo over the victims of a disastrous accident that claimed the lives of over 150 in Seoul.

“Hungarian parliament stands beside the Republic of Korea in these tragic moments,” Kövér said in his letter. The accident, in which many locals and foreigners died, happened during a Halloween event on Saturday. According to information from the Hungarian embassy in Seoul, no Hungarians were involved in the disaster.