カテゴリー: Seoul crowd crush
South Korean court hands out three jail terms, one of them suspended, to officers for professional negligence after 159 mostly young people diedA South Korean court has given three police officers prison sentences over their handling of a 2022 Hallowee…
Pair are first police officials to be sentenced over 2022 disaster in which nearly 160 people diedA South Korean court has sentenced two former senior police officers for destroying evidence linked to Seoul’s deadly 2022 Halloween crush.Tens of thousan…
Kim Kwang-ho accused of negligence in failing to ‘take necessary measures’ to prevent 2022 disaster in capital’s Itaewon nightlife districtSeoul’s chief of police has been charged with professional negligence over the deadly Halloween crush in 2022 tha…
A police inquiry called the Seoul crush that killed 159 a ‘man-made disaster’, yet one year on, victims’ families have no official apology, no independent inquiry and no accountabilityTime stands still in Choi Min-seok’s room. The desk is strewn with p…
Ken Hasebe issues warning after 2022 Itaewon tragedy in Seoul, in which more than 150 people diedAuthorities in one of Tokyo’s liveliest neighbourhoods are pleading with revellers to stay away during Halloween, fearing a repeat of last year’s deadly cr…
Law enforcement concedes insufficient planning as president belatedly expresses regret for disasterThousands of people gathered near Seoul’s city hall on Saturday to commemorate the 156 people killed in a Halloween crowd crush in Itaewon last weekend. …
Crisis of trust is brewing as young people traumatised by 2014 Sewol ferry disaster grapple with another preventable tragedyIn a Seoul gymnasium, rows of trainers, high heels, jackets, and Halloween accessories lie spread out on the floor. They are all…
Eleven emergency callers used Korean word for ‘crushed to death’ 13 times hours before incidentSouth Korea’s national police agency on has raided local police departments in the capital, Seoul, and the city’s Yongsan district office as it investigates …
Seoul’s mayor, Oh Se-hoon, apologised during a media briefing and said the city government would deploy all available resources to assist residents after the crowd crush over the weekend. South Korea’s police chief, Yoon Hee-keun, apologised for the fo…
Death toll rises to 156, as authorities admit crowd control measures were inadequate before Halloween disaster in ItaewonSouth Korea’s prime minister has called Saturday’s deadly Halloween crush in Seoul a “disastrous accident that should not have happ…
Crowd crushes: how disasters like Itaewon happen, how can they be prevented, and the ‘stampede’ myth
Crowd crushes are wholly preventable, predictable and avoidable, experts say. Here is what we can learn from the Halloween crowd crush in SeoulMore than 150 people have died in a crowd crush while celebrating Halloween in one of Seoul’s most popular ni…
Shops closed and concerts cancelled after Halloween party surge kills more than 150 people, as questions raised over crowd control‘I don’t know how to live’: grief over loved ones lost in Seoul’s deadly Halloween crowd crushSouth Korean authorities hav…
More than 150 people were killed as mostly young people flooded the narrow, sloping streets of Itaewon to celebrate Halloween‘I don’t know how to live’: grief over loved ones lost in Seoul’s deadly Halloween crowd crushOn Saturday night, tens of thousa…