Chairman Woo meets with the chairman of the Itaewon disaster special investigation committee..."Looking forward to finding out now."
National Assembly Speaker Woo Won-sik said he hopes the fact-finding of the Itaewon disaster will begin in earnest and the questions and suspicions of the ...
3 police officers sentenced to prison over the Halloween crush in South Korea that killed nearly 160
A South Korean court has given three police officers prison sentences over their botched handling of a 2022 Halloween crush ...
Court rules Itaewon tragedy was 'foreseeable'
A Seoul district court on Monday sentenced the former chief of the Yongsan Police Station to three years in prison without ...
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South Korea court sentences highest-ranking police officer yet to jail over Halloween crush
Almost 160 people died in the crowd crush at the trendy Itaewon nightlife district on October 29 that year, in what was one of South Korea’s deadliest disasters that left the nation reeling.
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(EDITORIAL from Korea JoongAng Daily on Oct. 2)
Judges said the Itaewon disaster resulted from a critical lack of safety awareness inside the government. On the evening of Oct. 29 two years ago, 159 young people enjoying the Halloween festival in ...