At the intersection in Itaewon where emergency vehicles clustered to give aid to the injured and transport those who had been killed in the Halloween crowd crush. Photo: Jimmy Han/PentaPress ...

Itaewon has long been a popular place to celebrate Halloween, especially as the holiday became more popular in Asia in recent years. Some even fly into Seoul from other countries in the region for ...

South Korean police officers stand guard at the scene in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022. A mass of mostly young people celebrating Halloween festivities in Seoul became trapped and ...

According to police emergency call logs, multiple calls were made as early as four hours before the tragedy unfolded, as the crowd in Seoul’s buzzy nightlife district Itaewon became so packed ...

The neighborhood of Itaewon, a trendy hub for foreigners and foreign cuisine in South Korea's capital, became the location of a deadly crowd surge on Saturday night. More than 150 people died ...

According to local media reports, the Halloween celebrations in Itaewon drew as many as 100,000 people. More than 2,400 emergency responders were dispatched to the scene from agencies across the ...

Mourners pay tribute at a makeshift street memorial for the victims of the deadly Halloween weekend crowd crush in Seoul's Itaewon district. (Jung Yeon-Je/AFP/Getty Images) Perspective by Kelly ...

One word tore Joung-Joo Choi’s world apart. He had first heard about crowd trouble in Seoul’s nightlife district of Itaewon on evening news bulletins, but it was a call from his wife that made ...

On the night of Oct. 29, more than 100,000 partygoers flocked to the Itaewon area of Seoul, crowding bars and packing the neighborhood's narrow streets and alleys. But the crowd grew out of control.