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DAY OF SORROW: Taiwan sent its condolences to South Korea after a stampede during a Halloween event in Itaewon district left dozens of mostly young people dead/ AFP, SEOUL
South Korea’s President Yoon Suk-Yeol declared a weeklong period of national mourning on early Sunday, hours after at least 153 people, mostly in their teens and 20s, were killed and more than 100 were injured in a crowd surge during Halloween festivities in a nightlife district in Seoul.