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SEOUL (ANN/THE KOREA HERALD) – Grieving families and survivors of the tragic Itaewon crowd crush in Seoul, which claimed the lives of 159 people due to severe overcrowding on October 29, 2022, express their poignant ordeal of coping with their loss without adequate government support. Choi Joung-joo, who lost her daughter Yu-jin in the incident, […]
Bereaved families and surviving victims of last year’s deadly crowd crush in the Itaewon neighborhood of Seoul say they have been left to deal with their pain on their own, as governmental resources were either unavailable or insufficient. Among the 159 people who died after overcrowding reached catastrophic levels in Itaewon on Oct. 29, 2022, was Choi Joung-joo’s daughter Yu-jin. “My wife wanted to.