JUANA SUMMERS, HOST: South Koreans are mourning the 156 lives lost last weekend in a Halloween party stampede in Seoul. NPR's Anthony Kuhn went to the Itaewon neighborhood where that tragedy occurred.

People pay tribute to the victims of the Halloween celebration stampede, on the street near the scene on Nov. 01, 2022, in Seoul, South Korea. One hundred and fifty-one people have been reported ...

The stampede occurred as thousands of people celebrated Halloween night in the popular Itaewon nightlife district. Most victims were teenagers and people in their 20s who crowded into a narrow ...

A person mourns at a group memorial for the victims of a stampede during a Halloween festival, at Seoul City Hall Plaza. Reuters “The government will thoroughly investigate the cause of the ...

Content warning: The following article contains mentions of death and violence. At least 156 people were killed and 151 injured in a crowd crush in Itaewon, a popular nightlife district in Seoul, ...

Police officers stand guard behind a cordons in the Itaewon district of Seoul, South Korea, on Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022. SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg via Getty Images ...

North Texans react to stampede deaths in South Korea While the investigation continues, tens of thousands of people had gathered throughout the weekend in Itaewon, a popular nightlife district of ...

JUANA SUMMERS, HOST: South Koreans are mourning the 156 lives lost last weekend in a Halloween party stampede in Seoul. NPR's Anthony Kuhn went to the Itaewon neighborhood where that tragedy occurred.

KUHN: Itaewon has a lot of hills and narrow lanes, which was a factor in the deadly crowd surge. Grand Ole Opry is on one nicknamed Hooker Hill. But the U.S. GIs that used to frequent the area have ...