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SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korean police on Friday blamed negligence and planning failures for last year's Halloween crowd crush in Seoul that killed more than 150 people. Scores of young costumed partygoers, mostly women in their 20s, died in the disaster on October 29 in the capital's popular...

The mother of Korean actor and “Produce 101” season 2 alumnus Lee Jihan, who died in the crowd crush in Itaewon, Seoul on Oct. 29, posted a heartbreaking letter addressed to his late son. Lee Jihan, 24, was one of the 157 people including 26 foreigners who died during the Halloween celebration...