One word tore Joung-Joo Choi’s world apart. He had first heard about crowd trouble in Seoul’s nightlife district of Itaewon on evening news bulletins, but it was a call from his wife that made panic ...

Hye Minyi can still vividly recall what happened in Itaewon, South Korea, on the night of October 29, 2022. That was when the trendy nightlife district in the heart of Seoul became the site of one of ...

What began as Halloween festivities in South Korea transformed into nightmarish scenes on Saturday evening as a crowd crush killed at least 153 people in a packed nightlife neighborhood of Seoul, the ...

The neighborhood of Itaewon, a trendy hub for foreigners and foreign cuisine in South Korea's capital, became the location of a deadly crowd surge on Saturday night. More than 150 people died, ...

On the 30th, the prosecution and police launched a joint investigation team to investigate the Halloween tragedy that occurred on October 29, 2022. Earlier, the investigative agencies indicted the ...

Survivors of the Itaewon disaster and relatives of victims continue to wrestle with unanswered questions and grief as they push for official accountability. A memorial to the victims was unveiled on ...