Itaewon's wounds still not fully healed 2 years after tragedy
Oct. 31 hasn’t actually come yet, but Halloween weekend has already passed. It has been a morbid few days in Itaewon, where ...
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Itaewon Global Village Center hosts '2024 Living in Seoul Talk Series' to help foreign residents adapt
The Itaewon Global Village Center (Itaewon GVC) will host its "2024 Living in Seoul Talk Series" on Nov. 9.Held for the ...
Lee Im-jae, former chief of Yongsan, was dismissed for "responsive to the Itaewon disaster."
A decision was made to dismiss Lee Im-jae, former chief of Yongsan Police Station in Seoul, who was sentenced to imprisonment ...
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Daughter-in-law of Vietnamese plastic tycoon explores popular coffee shops during Seoul trip
Actress Midu and her husband, Tran Duy Minh Dat, the son of one of Vietnam's leading plastic tycoons, visited popular coffee ...
Prosecutors sentenced Yongsan Health Director to two years in prison for "false entry of arrival time for the Itaewon disaster."
The Seoul Western District Prosecutors' Office today (13th) demanded a two-year prison term for Choi Jae-won, former head of ...
Two years on, thousands mourn Itaewon tragedy, calling for accountability
Organized by the 10.29 Itaewon Disaster Bereaved Families Committee and estimated to have drawn around 5,000 participants, ...
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Two years after deadly Seoul Halloween crush, families still mourn, look for answers
former head of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, and two other officials on negligence charges over the crowd crush. The Itaewon Disaster Bereaved Families group strongly condemned the ...
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South Korean Professors Issue Emotional Declaration Against President, Citing Student Safety Concerns
SEOUL, Nov. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – “I live in shame in ruins.” With these stark words, 226 professors and researchers from ...
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Ex-Police Chief of Seoul Cleared of Criminal Negligence Over Crowd Crush
Thousands of young people packed into Itaewon, a popular nightlife neighborhood in central Seoul, on the evening of Oct. 29, 2022. They were there to celebrate the first post-pandemic ...
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Former Seoul Police Chief Found Not Guilty of Negligence in Halloween Crush
A South Korean court ruled on Thursday that Seoul's former police chief was not guilty of negligence in the response to a Halloween crowd crush in the capital's Itaewon nightlife district that ...