SEOUL, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Rival political parties are set to hold a parliamentary plenary session Thursday to pass a special bill mandating a new investigation into the 2022 Itaewon crowd crush that claimed 159 lives. The bill, which was initially railroaded by the main opposition Democratic Party (DP) in January but vetoed by [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – With the first anniversary of the Itaewon tragedy just 10 days away (on October 29), there has been a lot of talk on social media about how to celebrate Halloween. Halloween is a significant occasion for businesses like stores, theme parks, and hotels. However, not all have chosen to make the [...]
SEOUL, March 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Families of the victims of a fatal Japanese stampede in 2001 visited Seoul on Friday to console the families of the victims of last year’s Itaewon crowd crush. Seiji Shimomura and Kiyoshi Miki, two of the family members of the victims of the Akashi stampede, visited Seoul Plaza in [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Experts have called for the introduction of a special mental healthcare system for the survivors of the deadly Halloween crowd crush in Seoul’s Itaewon district, who have been exposed to high risk of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The Korean Association of Psychiatric Practitioners said that PTSD can occur when a person experiences or [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A number of foreign nationals in South Korea are suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after witnessing or hearing about the deadly Itaewon crowd crush. They are currently sharing information through online communities to get help. “There are a lot of foreigners going through PTSD at the moment,” a [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 117,000 people paid their respects at mourning altars set up across Seoul for the victims of the Halloween crowd crush that killed at least 156 people in the city’s nightlife district of Itaewon, city government officials said Sunday. A total of 117,619 people visited the altars set [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The spread of unfiltered photos and videos of the deadly crowd crush in Seoul may traumatize not just the families of the victims, but also the public in general, experts said Monday. Immediately following the tragedy in Itaewon, photos and videos by witnesses were uploaded en masse on social [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Controversy has sparked online over the government’s plans to support the victims of the deadly Halloween crowd crush in Seoul’s Itaewon district. In a disaster response meeting Monday, the government decided to provide 20 million won (US$14,010) in compensation to each of the dead victims on top of up [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — A growing number of South Koreans are commending police, firefighters and paramedics for their hard work during the Halloween crowd crush in Seoul’s Itaewon district last Saturday. “I’m sorry I couldn’t save more of them,” one of the police officers who was sent to Itaewon that day said on [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Police did not foresee that massive casualties would occur from this year’s Halloween festivities in the central Seoul district of Itaewon, a top police official said Monday, responding to growing criticism about their failure to prevent the deadly crowd crush. Hong Ki-hyun, chief of the National Police Agency’s Public [...]