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South Korean Court Acquits Police Chief In Halloween Crush

Former Seoul police chief and officers acquitted in Halloween crowd crush case, sparking outrage. Lack of disaster planning and inadequate emergency respon...

Top News · Oct 17, 2024

South Korean court gives prison sentences to 3 police officers over deadly 2022 Halloween crush

A South Korean court has given three police officers prison sentences over their botched handling of a 2022 Halloween crush in a Seoul nightlife district that killed nearly 160 people

The Independent UK · Sep 30, 2024

Ex-police officers in South Korea first to be convicted over deadly Halloween crowd crush that killed 159

A South Korean court has convicted three former police officers of destroying internal files and other evidence in an attempted cover-up after a Halloween crowd crush that killed nearly 160 people.

Evening Standard · Feb 14, 2024

‘Almost impossible to think about’: the Seoul crowd disaster one year on

A new docuseries revisits the tragedy that killed 159 people and exposed a system that undervalued younger people

The Guardian - US · Oct 18, 2023

Tokyo district mayor urges Halloween revellers to stay away amid crush fears

Ken Hasebe issues warning after 2022 Itaewon tragedy in Seoul, in which more than 150 people died

The Guardian - UK · Oct 5, 2023

Deadly Seoul crush blamed on ‘negligence’

SEOUL: South Korean police on Friday blamed negligence and planning failures for the Halloween crowd crush in Seoul that killed more than 150 people.

Bangkok Post · Jan 13, 2023

S Korea police seek to charge officials over 159 killed in crush

Inquiry finds officials in Seoul had failed to employ adequate crowd control for an expected Halloween crowd of 100,000.

Al Jazeera · Jan 13, 2023

Quiet before Christmas in Seoul night-life district of deadly crowd crush

Usually glitzy and buzzing in the holiday season, South Korea's popular Itaewon night-life district looks like a ghost town this year, as people still mourning 158 killed in a Halloween crowd crush go elsewhere for festivities.

Reuters · Dec 19, 2022

Coping after Itaewon: South Koreans process tragedy of Halloween crowd crush

On October 29, a night when the streets of South Korea's capital Seoul were packed with Halloween revellers, 158 people were crushed to death in a narrow alley and nearly 200 others were injured. Most of the victims were in their twenties and thirties and had come to the popular…

France 24 · Dec 16, 2022

Page views surge for Hyogo Pref. police web page for crowd control manual

The number of page views for a crowd control manual created by the Hyogo prefectural police and posted on the internet surged to about 43,000 in October, more than 250 times the monthly average.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Nov 15, 2022