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...
SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea's prime minister said Wednesday that police must explain failures to respond to multiple emergency calls ahead of a deadly Halloween crowd surge, as investigators raided police stations. Police stand guard at the cordoned scene of the deadly Halloween crowd surge...
THE RIGHT MOVE As we commemorate All Soul’s Day today, more than 150 families in South Korea are mourning following the deadliest stampede in their history. The district of Itaewon was jam packed with Halloween party goers last Oct. 29, and since it was the first Halloween celebration after...
OF TREES AND FOREST Former Senate President Manny Villar Do you ever feel that the world around you is falling apart? Or that the end of the world is near? As I prepare to write this column, (Oct. 30) I browsed the headlines of the major newspapers and I had a feeling that disaster after disaster...
SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea is investigating the exact cause of a deadly crowd surge that killed 154 people at a Halloween event, as public outrage grows over perceived policing and crowd control failures. A man offers a flower at a joint memorial altar for victims of the deadly Halloween...
SEOUL, South Korea -- South Koreans gathered Monday at memorials honouring the 154 people killed in a crowd surge at Halloween celebrations, as authorities faced accusations that lax crowd control had caused the disaster. A man offers a bottle of an alcoholic beverage, in tribute to those who were...
PARIS, France -- The crush that killed more than 145 people in Seoul during a Halloween party is among the deadliest stampedes of the last decade. Here are the most deadly: Shoes are seen on top of plastic bags on a street near where a stampede took place at a packed Halloween event in the popular...
SEOUL, South Korea - At least 149 people were killed and scores more were injured in a stampede at a packed Halloween event in central Seoul late Saturday, officials said, in one of South Korea's worst peacetime accidents. The bodies of victims, who were killed in a Halloween crush, are covered...
MALANG, Indonesia -- Indonesia's police chief on Thursday said six people had been charged over a football stadium disaster that killed 131 at the weekend. This picture taken on October 1, 2022 shows security personnel (lower) on the pitch after a football match between Arema FC and Persebaya...
Indonesian army soldiers and civilians pay their respects for victims of the stampede at Kanjuruhan stadium in Malang, East Java on October 4, 2022. Elite Indonesian police officers were under investigation on October 4 over a stadium stampede that killed 125 people including dozens of children in...
MALANG, Indonesia -- Indonesia's government called on the country's police Monday to identify and punish whoever was responsible for a stadium stampede that left 125 people dead, as anger mounted over one of the deadliest disasters in the history of football. Candles, banners and flower petals are...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – At least 29 people were injured in a stampede in the distribution of Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) educational assistance here Saturday, Aug. 20, at the City Coliseum in Barangay Tetuan. Records from the Zamboanga City Medical Center said the injured...
