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How Itaewon became the go-to place for Halloween. People in their 20s and 30s frequent Itaewon to drink, party, and eat international cuisine, said Jia Shin, a 21-year-old from Seoul.
SEOUL — As one of Seoul’s most diverse neighborhoods, Itaewon is a destination for a seemingly endless list of things. Bustling nightlife. Foreigner- and LGBT-friendly businesses. A dynamic ...
All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Goodbye Seoul: Itaewon In the face of global destruction. Rayon pursues government's secret project for space evacuation. "Goodbye Seoul : Itaewon" is a ...
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 ...
On Saturday, an estimated 100,000 people flocked to celebrate Halloween in Itaewon, a popular entertainment district in Seoul. The government loosened crowd limits last November, and this was the ...
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 ...
People wearing protective face masks walk through the Itaewon district in Seoul, South Korea, on Friday, April 24, 2020. Updated October 31, 2022 at 9:34 AM ET.
Itaewon was popular for its diversity and nightlife. A week after a disaster killed more than 150 young people there, the neighborhood is a monument of grief.
SEOUL — Kuk Moon-kyun chose an unlikely home for her boutique flower shop — a central Seoul neighborhood famed as a hangout for American soldiers who were more likely to spend their ...
Most weekends, the narrow alleys of Itaewon, the neon-lit nightlife district in South Korea’s capital Seoul, are busy with partygoers and tourists. Now it’s the site of one of the country’s ...
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 ...
People wearing protective face masks walk through the Itaewon district in Seoul, South Korea, on Friday, April 24, 2020. Updated October 31, 2022 at 9:34 AM ET.