A large water park in Ilsan, Goyang, Gyeonggi Province.

At approximately 12:10 p.m. on Saturday, July 11, a report was filed with 119 emergency services stating that a 7-year-old elementary school student, identified as A, had drowned.

The incident occurred while a group of about 50 children from a taekwondo gym were visiting for a water play outing.

[Witness: I saw the forensic team passing by here. Police were moving back and forth, and 119 personnel were also moving back and forth.]

A, who was found face down in the water while wearing a life jacket, briefly regained a pulse after receiving CPR, but she eventually passed away at the hospital on Sunday, July 12.

The accident took place in a 1.2-meter-deep section of the indoor wave pool, where the water depth gradually increases.

[Water Park Official: She was found in a section about the height of a child's stature...]

Based on witness statements that there was vomit on A's life jacket, the police are conducting an autopsy. Meanwhile, they have booked the taekwondo gym instructor in charge and the water park safety personnel on charges of professional negligence resulting in death and are currently investigating the case.

At the same water park, a report was filed with 112 at approximately 7:00 p.m. on Sunday, July 12, alleging that an adult had sexually molested children.

[Witness: Yesterday, I saw police officers arresting a man and taking him away. He looked to be in his early 30s. He was holding his head up high as they took him away.]

Police dispatched to the scene arrested the man in his 30s in the act, and three child victims have been identified so far.

The police are considering requesting an arrest warrant for the man on charges of indecent act by compulsion against a minor under the Act on Special Cases Concerning the Punishment, etc. of Sexual Crimes.

Wearing a Life Jacket... 7-Year-Old Dies in 1.2m Deep Wave Pool (July 13, 2026, 8 O'Clock News)

Reported by Kwon Min-gyu | Written by Bae Jun-hwi | Video by Nam Il | Graphics by Lee So-jeong | VJ Lee Jun-young | Produced by SBS Digital News