On 29 October 2022, around 22:20, a crowd surge occurred during Halloween festivities in the Itaewon neighborhood of Seoul, South Korea, killing 159 people and wounding 196 others. The death toll includes two people who died after the crush. The victims were mostly young adults; 27 of the victims were foreign nationals.

Oct 29, 2022 · 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.

On October 29, between 10:15-10:22 PM (KST), the Yongsan Fire Station received multiple reports of a “crush accident” or a human stampede taking place in Itaewon—a district in Seoul, South Korea, well known for its annual Halloween celebrations.

Oct 30, 2022 · Emergency workers and pedestrians desperately performed CPR on people lying in the streets after the crush in the capital's leisure district of Itaewon on Saturday night. Those killed or hurt...

Oct 31, 2022 · SEOUL — Forty-eight hours after Saturday's deadly Halloween stampede, the country is mourning the victims and searching for answers. A crowd surge in a narrow alley in the capital's Itaewon...

Nov 3, 2022 · Rather than a sudden rush or stampede, the crowd density had increased, making movement impossible; survivors said they found it hard to breathe. Some tried to scale buildings to escape.

Oct 30, 2022 · Itaewon is the hilly neighborhood where at least 151 people were killed in a Halloween crowd surge. It's also Seoul’s most internationalized district and the heart of its nightlife.

Nov 4, 2022 · By next morning, on Sunday, Itaewon would be synonymous with the worst crowd disaster in South Korea’s history, and one of the most haunting in the world. At least 156 people, mostly young women,...

SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Yonhap) -- Witnesses and survivors on Sunday said an overnight stampede that killed at least 151 people occurred after a massive group of people celebrating Halloween surged into a narrow downhill alley and were instantly pushed down by others.

Oct 31, 2022 · Itaewon was the location of a deadly stampede in Seoul Saturday night. Some 100,000 people were estimated to have passed through the area.