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 ...

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.

In the Itaewon catastrophe, the families asked whether the police had been too preoccupied with guarding the vicinity of Mr. Yoon’s office, which he had moved nearby.

Seoul marked a somber anniversary over the weekend, a year after nearly 160 people died in a crowd surge in Itaewon, a popular nightlife district in the city. Oct. 29, 2022, had started as a long ...

The former head of a local police station in Seoul has been sentenced to three years in jail over a deadly 2022 Halloween crowd crush, making him the highest-ranking law enforcement official to be ...

October 29, 2022. Thousands pack into Itaewon’s tight alleyways for Seoul’s biggest Halloween celebration. Within minutes, joy turns to horror. A deadly surge crushes hundreds, trapping them ...