“Since the Itaewon tragedy, disaster response standards have been revised and preventive systems strengthened, but there are still many tasks left to be done,” Prime Minister Kim Min-seok said. “The ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Itaewon, the neighborhood where at least 151 people were killed in a Halloween crowd surge, is Seoul’s most cosmopolitan district, a place where kebab stands and BBQ joints ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Seoul’s police chief has been indicted for negligence over the 2022 crowd crush that killed more than 150 people during Halloween ...

Hye Minyi can still vividly recall what happened in Itaewon, South Korea, on the night of October 29, 2022. That was when the trendy nightlife district in the heart of Seoul became the site of one of ...

SEOUL - The Itaewon district in South Korea's capital is known to revelers as a place of fun, freedom and openness. But its ...

A memorial space set up near Exit 1 of the Itaewon metro station to commemorate the Halloween crowd crush, as seen on Nov. 1, 2022. Credit: Wikimedia Commons/ *Youngjin The shock and emotional ...

SEOUL, South Korea — Halloween celebrations in South Korea were subdued on the eve of the first anniversary of a harrowing crowd surge that killed about 160 people in a Seoul alleyway. Many ...

Seoul’s police chief has been indicted for negligence over the 2022 crowd crush that killed more than 150 people during Halloween festivities in the popular Itaewon neighborhood that left the nation ...