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Activision to Pull Real Seoul Tragedy Footage From 'Call of Duty' After Families Demand Removal

Activision apologized for using real footage of Seoul's 2022 Itaewon crowd crush in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 and said an update will remove it on November 12.

Latin Times · Oct 31

Call of Duty maker slammed for using footage of real-life crowd disaster in game

Game uses images of a paramedic performing CPR, bodies on the road, and a victim being carried away on a stretcher

The Independent UK · Oct 29

Seoul crowd crush police sent to jail for deadly failings in Itaewon disaster

South Korean court hands out three jail terms, one of them suspended, to officers for professional negligence after 159 mostly young people died

The Guardian - AU · Oct 1, 2024

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South Korea Marks 10th Anniversary Of Ferry Disaster

South Korea on Tuesday marked the 10th anniversary of the country's worst maritime disaster, when hundreds of schoolchildren died after the overloaded Sewol ferry capsized and sank.

International Business Times · Apr 16, 2024

South Korean court overturns impeachment of government minister ousted over deadly crowd crush

South Korea’s Constitutional Court has overturned the impeachment of the public safety minister ousted over a Halloween crowd surge that killed nearly 160 people last October at a nightlife district in the capital, Seoul

The Independent UK · Jul 25, 2023

North Korean hackers used Itaewon tragedy for malware: Google

Google’s anti-hacking unit says state-backed hackers exploited Halloween disaster to target internet users with malware.

Al Jazeera · Dec 8, 2022

Commentary: The tragedy in Seoul should force South Korean society to consider the despair of the next generation

One hundred-fifty-six lives were lost in an unimaginable stampede Oct. 29 in the Itaewon district of Seoul. People from various places and stations in life are gone and most of them were South Koreans in their 20s. This devastating tragedy has forced many in the country to mourn these lives…

Los Angeles Times · Nov 9, 2022

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Public anger continues to build as mourners gather across Seoul to hold vigil over deadly Itaewon crush

People demand that president Yoon Suk-yeol step down

The Independent UK · Nov 6, 2022

Itaewon crowd crush: thousands join vigil as anger grows in South Korea

Law enforcement concedes insufficient planning as president belatedly expresses regret for disaster

The Guardian - UK · Nov 5, 2022

Body of woman killed in Itaewon crush returns home

The body of a Thai woman killed in Seoul Halloween crush disaster arrived in her home province of Phetchabun early Saturday morning.

Bangkok Post · Nov 5, 2022

‘I can’t be protected’: South Korea’s youth tested again by Itaewon tragedy

Crisis of trust is brewing as young people traumatised by 2014 Sewol ferry disaster grapple with another preventable tragedy

The Guardian - AU · Nov 4, 2022

S. Koreans ashamed over safety failures in Halloween tragedy

The Halloween party crush in Seoul's Itaewon entertainment district has caused an outpouring of public sympathy in South Korea toward the 150 dead, mostly in their 20s and 30s

The Independent UK · Nov 3, 2022

Thai woman killed by Seoul crush to arrive home Friday

The body of the young Thai woman killed in the Itaewon crush will be returned to Bangkok on Friday, and her father will take her home to Phetchabun province.

Bangkok Post · Nov 3, 2022

Thai woman killed by Itaewon crush to arrive home Friday

The body of the young Thai woman killed in the Itaewon crush will be returned to Bangkok on Friday, and her father to take her home to Phetchabun province.

Bangkok Post · Nov 3, 2022

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The Independent UK · Nov 2, 2022

Families, friends struggle to cope after Seoul crush

As bereaved families and friends struggle to make sense of a Halloween crowd crush that killed 156 people in South Korea’s capital, their grief is mixed with anger about officials’ failure to employ crowd controls in a small nightlife district swarmed with tens of thousands of partiers

WEKU · Nov 2, 2022

Desperate calls for help came hours before the Seoul crowd surge turned deadly

"It looks like people will be squashed to death," said a person who called police nearly three hours before the first fatality. On Wednesday, the team investigating the incident raided Seoul police.

The Independent UK · Nov 2, 2022

Investigators raid Seoul police over deadly crowd surge

South Korea’s National Police Agency has raided local police departments in the capital, Seoul, and the city’s Yongsan district office as it investigates whether official ineptitude contributed to a deadly crowd surge that killed 156 people in the neighborhood of Itaewon

Evening Standard · Nov 1, 2022

South Korean police received first emergency call hours before deadly Seoul Halloween crush

‘I barely managed to leave but there are too many people, looks like you should come and control,’ one caller told police

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Bangkok Post · Nov 1, 2022

Thai Itaewon crush victim's family to get compensation

PHETCHABUN: The family of the Thai woman who died in the Itaewon crush in Seoul on Saturday night is entitled to compensation under the Social Security Act, a labour official said on Tuesday.

WEKU · Nov 1, 2022

South Korea's prime minister and police admit failures leading to Halloween tragedy

South Korea's police chief admitted "a heavy responsibility" for failing to prevent a recent crowd surge that killed more than 150 people during Halloween festivities in Seoul.

Al Jazeera · Nov 1, 2022

South Korea response to Halloween crowd crush ‘inadequate’

Police chief says there were multiple reports to police indicating ‘seriousness’ at Itaewon before disaster.

The News Lens · Nov 1, 2022

After Deadly Crowd Surge, Seoul Residents Complain of Government Negligence

As South Koreans try to make sense of the Itaewon tragedy, many residents say officials should have either employed a much bigger police presence or more proactive crowd control measures to ensure orderly movement.

The New Daily · Nov 1, 2022

Police admit responsibility in deadly Seoul Halloween crush

South Korea's police chief has taken responsibility for failing to prevent a crowd surge that killed more than 150 people on Halloween.

The Independent UK · Nov 1, 2022

S. Korea police admit responsibility for Halloween tragedy

South Korea’s police chief has admitted a responsibility for failing to prevent a recent crowd surge that killed more than 150 people during Halloween festivities in Seoul

The Guardian - UK · Nov 1, 2022

Seoul crowd crush: PM and police admit failures as anger grows

Death toll rises to 156, as authorities admit crowd control measures were inadequate before Halloween disaster in Itaewon

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