Court fines Itaewon hotel CEO 8 million won for illegally building structures near crowd crush site

A Seoul court on Wednesday fined Hamilton Hotel CEO, identified by his last name Lee, 8 million won ($6,200) for illegally building structures for the alleyway around the hotel where the Itaewon crowd crush happened last year.

2023-11-29

Police refer 23 people to prosecution after investigating Itaewon crowd crush

After 73 days of investigating the deadly Itaewon crowd surge, police on Friday announced that they referred 23 people to prosecutors — but concluded they won’t hold the interior minister or police chief accountable for any charges.

2023-01-13

Itaewon victims' relatives say attention must be paid

She lost her son in the Itaewon tragedy. That’s all she knows so far – 25 days later.

2022-11-22

Anonymous alleyway in Itaewon was a death trap

The anonymous alleyway in Itaewon where Saturday's crush proved most deadly was a perfect bottleneck.

2022-11-01

At makeshift Itaewon memorial, flowers, letters, bottles and tears

On Monday morning, the day of Halloween, flowers, bouquets, bottles of soju and letters were piled up at makeshift memorials at Exit No. 1 of Itaewon Station, near the site where 154 people were killed in a crowd crush that occurred late Saturday...

2022-10-31

Narrow alleyways of Itaewon trap Halloween crowds

An official report on the cause of Saturday’s stampede has yet to be made, but one thing is clear: The narrow streets of central Seoul’s Itaewon could hardly accommodate the thousands of people that took to the streets to celebrate Halloween...

2022-10-30