Sunday will mark the 100-day anniversary of the Itaewon tragedy of last Halloween. The bereaved families remain agonized, not only from the lack of proper investigation but also by far-right protesters surrounding their mourning site. At the western end of Itaewon-ro, about 400 meters from the site of the tragic crowd crush that took at least 159 lives on Oct. 29, 2022, is a temporary memorial space set up by the Association of Families of Itaewon Disaster Victims and civic groups on Dec. 14.
Two online media outlets have triggered a controversy on Tuesday after releasing the list of people who were killed during the crowd crush in Itaewon on Oct. 29, without the consent of their families.
The paper says neither the disclosure of the list without consent nor the politicizing of the disaster is the proper way to mourn the victims. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Two online media outlets created a stir Monday by publishing the names of 155 of the victims of the Itaewon crowd crush without the consent of their families. This was the first time that an almost complete list of the Itaewon disaster, which has claimed 158 lives as of Tuesday, has been disclosed.