Most of those killed in the crush on 29 October were celebrating Halloween in the nightlife district of Itaewon for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic. Some accounts say more than 100,000 ...

The neighbourhood is served by Itaewon metro station, and videos on social media show streams of people arriving to celebrate Halloween from early evening on Saturday. Nuhyil Ahammed, 32 ...

We’ll publish the best response next week. Young people flocking to Seoul’s popular Itaewon district for the first major Halloween festivities in three years found themselves caught in a ...