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SEOUL, South Korea — Police admitted to errors Monday as South Korea searched for answers about how Halloween festivities in the country’s capital turned into a deadly crush.. President Yoon ...
Seoul's marquee Halloween destination is Itaewon, near where the former headquarters of U.S. military forces in South Korea operated for decades before moving out of the capital in 2018.
A woman places a bouquet of flowers to pay tribute for victims near the scene of a deadly accident in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022, following Saturday night's Halloween festivities.
Rescue teams work at the scene in Seoul, South Korea, where people were injured in a crowd surge during a Halloween festival. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol vows a thorough investigation ...
Halloween festivities in Seoul, South Korea, became a nightmare after a stampede broke out in the capital city's Itaewon district. At least 149 people were killed and 76 others injured.
By comparison, in another part of South Korea's capital the night of the crowd surge, nearly 7,000 police officers were assigned to patrol protests that drew at least 10,000 attendees.
Investigators examined a debris-littered alley in South Korea while questions swirled over what led to the deaths of 154 people at a Halloween party.
South Korean officials say at least 26 foreign nationals were among the more than 150 people killed in the incident in Seoul's Itaewon district. Many were young adults celebrating Halloween.
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 ...
120 dead, 100+ inured is the count at this time by partygoers in a popular nightlife district in Seoul, Korea on the first outdoor no mask Halloween night.
Halloween isn’t a holiday traditionally celebrated in South Korea — but as Seoul has grown more cosmopolitan in recent years and with an increasing number of South Koreans returning after ...