South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol blocked on Tuesday a bill to launch a new probe into a Halloween crowd crush that killed 159 people in Seoul’s Itaewon district in 2022, …
Halloween celebrations in South Korea were subdued on the eve of the first anniversary of the harrowing party crush that killed 159 people. Many restaurants, bars, department stores and amusement …
Some of the suspects, including Seoul police chief Kim Kwang-ho, are still under investigation. But Home Minister Lee Sang-min, who oversees public safety, refused to yield to pressure from the …