Thousands of mainly young people had converged in Itaewon in the centre of the South ... Within hours of the tragedy unfolding South Korea's President Yoon Suk-yeol had held an emergency meeting ...

South Korea's police chief has said ... night as crowds gathered in an alley in Itaewon, a popular nightlife district in Seoul, to celebrate Halloween without restrictions for the first time ...

SEOUL-- 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 ...

SEOUL - South Korea’s police chief said officers ... come up with crowd control systems for events like the Halloween festivities in Itaewon that do not have any specific organiser but draw ...

Rescue workers and firefighters work on the scene of a crushing accident in Seoul, South Korea ... occurred on Itaewon's streets where a crowd of people gathered for Halloween festivities.

The ongoing political turmoil following President Yoon Suk Yeol's Dec. 3 declaration of martial law led to a significant jump ...

The National Archives of Korea of the Ministry of the Interior ... Additionally, the records related to the Itaewon disaster requested by the Special Investigation Committee for Truth and Measures ...

and the Itaewon Halloween crowd crush that killed 159 people in 2022, a fourth official said. The political upheaval in South Korea was sparked when Yoon unexpectedly declared martial law on Dec ...