Meeting minutes from the Yoon Suk Yeol administration reveal discussions among government officials about using value-neutral semantics to describe the Itaewon Disaster, avoiding the term 'victims'.
The German Embassy in Seoul hosted an event in Itaewon as part of its 'Techno Diplomacy' initiative, highlighting techno culture as a bridge for cultural exchange and collaboration between Berlin and Seoul.
South Korea’s main opposition People Power Party formally moved to distance itself from disgraced former President Yoon Suk Yeol on Monday, adopting a resolution apologizing for his actions, though doubts and criticism persist.
A special investigation committee announced that approximately 10 percent of the deaths in the 2022 Itaewon crowd crush in Seoul may have been caused by reasons other than suffocation.
South Korea's public inquiry into the 2022 Itaewon crowd crush has opened with emotional testimony from survivors and intense exchanges between police officials accused of mishandling emergency calls.
A vending machine in Itaewon, Seoul, offering free cold water has gone viral on social media, providing relief as temperatures rise and the city experiences its first heat wave advisory.
“If rescue teams had arrived about 10 minutes earlier, more than 100 lives could have been saved.” The remark by survivor Min Sung-ho set a somber tone Thursday as a special investigation panel held its first public hearing into the 2022 Itaewon crowd crush. Speaking at the hearing in central Seoul, Min recalled the moment the crowd surge turned fatal in a narrow alley in the Itaewon nightlife district during Halloween celebrations on Oct. 29, 2022. A total of 159 people were killed. “My chest w