The tragedy in Itaewon is one of the worst disasters in Korean history. What does this horrific event reveal about the effects of the pandemic on young people?
As the police launch an investigation, the country is mourning the victims of Saturday night's deadly stampede in Itaewon. Eyewitnesses are lamenting the lack of crowd control measures.
South Korea is investigating the exact cause of a deadly crowd surge that killed 154 people at a Halloween event, as public outrage grows over perceived policing and crowd control failures.
World News - SEOUL - As South Koreans mourn the death of 155 people in an unprecedented crowd crush at Seoul’s nightlife district. Read more at www.tnp.sg
President Yoon Suk-yeol and first lady Kim Keon-hee laid white chrysanthemums at an altar, Monday, set up in central Seoul to mourn the victims of a crowd crush that occurred two days ago in the Itaewon nightlife area of the capital that killed more than 150 people. The altar at Seoul Plaza was filled with a somber silence as the two paid their respects to the deceased and as the country attempts to make sense of how an exuberant evening suddenly turned into a nightmare there.