Seoul Metro is organizing facilities that pose safety concerns to prevent passenger safety accidents caused by subway congestion, following heightened public awareness of crowded situations after the ...

On the first anniversary of the Itaewon crowd crush that claimed 159 lives, bereaved families, civic groups and citizens gathered for a memorial service and march, demanding a thorough investigation ...

Music pulsed from bars and partygoers packed the narrow alleys of Seoul’s Itaewon neighborhood on Saturday night, but police lines, safety signs and barricades underscored a lingering unease three ...

Four US Forces Korea soldiers who assaulted Korean men in Itaewon were arrested by police and then handed over to the US ...

Yongsan District Office on the 10/29 asked people to refrain from entering the area near Itaewon Station as crowds gathered. Through a safety text message, Yongsan District Office said, "Around 10:30 ...

The former Itaewon Station chief said during an investigative hearing Friday that she would still not have ordered trains to skip Itaewon Station on the night of the 2022 Halloween crowd crush, ...

Festive crowds packed Seoul's Itaewon, Hongdae and other nightlife districts across Seoul to celebrate Halloween on Friday, as authorities issued safety alerts and actively managed the crowds to ...

[Asia Economy Reporters Yoo Byung-don and Cho Sung-pil] The massive crush disaster that resulted in 151 deaths at a festival held in the Itaewon area of Yongsan-gu, Seoul, ahead of Halloween Day is ...

The crowd was half mourners, half journalists, standing over a rectangular pile of white flowers, notes, and sundry tributes to the too-young dead: cup ramen, cigarettes, soju bottles. The victims ...