“For me, Halloween and the Itaewon tragedy are (inextricably) linked,” she said. “It’s impossible to see reminders everywhere and not think about the death of friends that night.” ...

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 ...

Itaewon Halloween tragedy conjures ghosts of 1995 Seoul store collapse. November 4, 2022. 5 min. The aftermath of the 1995 Sampoong Department Store collapse in Seoul. More than 500 people died.

SEOUL, South Korea — Itaewon, the Seoul district where 159 revelers were crushed to death last Halloween, is neither silent nor haunted as the tragedy’s anniversary looms.. The district’s ...

Itaewon’s growth as a premiere nightlife destination has meant more building and unpermitted structures in a street footprint, which was deadly this past Halloween. This threatens small ...

Itaewon residents share how they are feeling after Halloween's tragic crowd surge How residents in the Itaewon area ... NPR's Anthony Kuhn went to the Itaewon neighborhood where that tragedy occurred.

Oct. 29 turned deadly last year when over 100,000 revelers descended on the nightlife district of Itaewon to celebrate Halloween. However, police dispatched just 137 officers to the neighborhood ...

One of the obvious causes of the recent fatal crowd crush in Itaewon, Korea's most vibrant, international district, was the massive, uncontrolled crowd of approximately 100,000 that crammed into ...

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 are as big a draw … ...

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 ...

“For me, Halloween and the Itaewon tragedy are (inextricably) linked,” she said. “It’s impossible to see reminders everywhere and not think about the death of friends that night.” ...