Saurav Bajoria, an Indian expat living in Seoul, arrived at Itaewon at around ... road around 11:30 p.m. that he saw the extent of the tragedy. Dozens of bodies were splayed out on the asphalt ...

The outer wall of Seoul City Hall in central Seoul on Oct. 26, 2024, is illuminated with purple lights in remembrance of the ...

Seoul will no longer give out permits to construct ... but rescuers were unable to reach them. The tragedy has renewed attention on income inequality and the dangers of living in the semi ...

SEOUL, June 28 (Yonhap ... and had approved a special law to support the victims of the Itaewon tragedy. The ruling People Power Party (PPP) slammed the opposition for politicizing disasters.

that having more police and fire department personnel on the ground wouldn’t have prevented the tragedy. When asked about the number of officers assigned, the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency ...

After more than 150 people died in a deadly crush in Seoul on Saturday night, the BBC looks at how the tragedy unfolded. Thousands of mainly young people had converged in Itaewon in the centre of ...

A South Korean court has acquitted Seoul's former police chief of negligence ... highest-ranked police official to be charged over the tragedy in the Itaewon nightlife district.

Police in major cities around Japan have beefed up security and crowd-control measures for Halloween night in response to the deadly stampede in Seoul. The National Police Agency has instructed ...

Seoul Metropolitan Government will implement ... bars and nightclubs. The tragedy shocked the country that’s well-known for its safety and sparked an extensive investigation into authorities ...