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Tag: Halloween
Itaewon Halloween Celebrations Subdued a Year After Tragedy
The authorities in Seoul were out in force over the weekend, but the crowds in the typically bustling neighborhood were sparse.
Ghostly Presence
In a time when everything’s gone virtual, Halloween costumes represent an old-fashioned commitment to the physical world.
Investigation Blames Negligence, Poor Planning for Seoul Crowd Crush
Investigators want 23 people indicted but cleared senior authorities of fault in the Halloween tragedy. Victims’ families disputed the inquiry’s findings.
South Korea Halloween Deaths Were ‘Absolutely Avoidable’ Disaster, Experts Say
Days after the deaths of more than 150 young people, officials were still struggling to explain what exactly went wrong and who was to blame.
South Korea Mourns Loss of Young Victims, and Their Dreams, in Halloween Crowd Crush
More than 100 of those killed in the South Korean capital were in their 20s, planning for the next chapter of their lives.
Your Monday Briefing: Seoul Mourns Halloween Crush Victims
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Survivor of Seoul Halloween Crowd Surge Describes Chaotic Scene
One teenager and her friend were engulfed by the crowd but managed to crawl out, were pulled into a tavern by adults, then escaped by inching along alley walls.
At Least 2 Killed in a Halloween Crowd Surge in South Korea
Images showed firefighters carrying what looked like bodies covered with white sheets on stretchers to ambulances in the popular Itaewon neighborhood in Seoul.
Saudi Halloween: Once-Banned Holiday Now Haunted by Masked Monsters
Only a few years ago, a Halloween party meant arrest. Now, a government-sponsored “horror weekend” means sold-out costume shops and scary clowns. “Saudi is changing,” said a young man going as a wizard.