Itaewon Halloween crush: Survivors and grieving families left adrift a year on from Seoul disaster
As the tragedy’s first anniversary approaches, victims say they are still waiting for answers – and accountability
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As the tragedy’s first anniversary approaches, victims say they are still waiting for answers – and accountability
A plaque designating the narrow alleyway in South Korea's capital where nearly 160 people were crushed to death during Halloween festivities last year was unveiled by victims' relatives on Thursday. Last Halloween, tens of thousands of people -- mostly in their 20s and 30s -- had been out to enjoy…
SEOUL — One year after Park Young-soo lost her only son in a Halloween weekend crowd crush that killed 159 people in the South Korean capital, she still can’t bring herself to open the door to his room. She says she may not be able to move on with her life until she sees some kind of accountability from the...
A plaque designating the narrow alleyway in South Korea's capital where nearly 160 people were crushed to death during Halloween festivities last year was unveiled by victims' relatives on Thursday.
A plaque designating the narrow alleyway in South Korea's capital where nearly 160 people were crushed to death during Halloween festivities last year was unveiled by victims' relatives on Thursday."The tragedy should not lead to any condemnation or hatred of the Itaewon area or the Halloween festival and I think it's an individual's choice to go to the Itaewon festival this year," she said.