Park said Itaewon always had large Halloween crowds, even during raging COVID-19 infections last year. He said shop owners like him usually avoid the narrow alley beside Hamilton Hotel during ...

After the speech, Yoon visited the Itaewon alley where the disaster occurred. Local TV footage showed Yoon inspecting the alley filled with trash and being briefed by emergency officials.

The stampede occurred as thousands of people celebrated Halloween night in the popular Itaewon nightlife district ... their 20s who crowded into a narrow alley with a slope, facilitating numerous ...

Saurav Bajoria, an Indian expat living in Seoul, arrived at Itaewon at around 10 p.m on October ... Since it was connected to a street of bars and clubs, the alley had people flowing in from ...

SEOUL (Bernama): A sudden surge of Halloween crowds instantly packing a narrow 4m-wide downhill alley in Seoul's Itaewon district, resulted in the deadliest stampede in South Korea, witnesses and ...

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