A man who had helped rescue victims during the 2022 Itaewon crowd crush was found dead on a mountainside in Pocheon, Gyeonggi, police said on Wednesday.
A special investigation committee on the Itaewon crowd crush decided Friday to file a complaint against former President Yoon Suk Yeol for refusing to attend its hearing.
Former President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday refused to meet with representatives of a special investigation committee on the 2022 crowd crush who visited the Seoul Detention Center to persuade him to attend a hearing.
A man was arrested for repeatedly spreading false information about the Itaewon disaster and mocking the victims and their families.
Gangnam police were on a routine patrol ahead of Halloween when they found a suspicious Mercedes-Benz car near the subway station. The driver had been wanted for more than two years.
Three years on, the pain from the deadly crowd crush in Itaewon, central Seoul, still runs deep — particularly among those who lost their beloved family members in the tragedy.
The Ministry of the Interior and Safety, together with the Itaewon Disaster Bereaved Families Council and the Seoul Metropolitan Government, held a memorial ceremony marking the third anniversary of the Itaewon crowd crush on Wednesday.
Sirens will sound across Seoul for one minute at 10:29 a.m. on Wednesday to mark the first official government-led memorial for the victims of the 2022 Itaewon crowd crush.
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 years after the crowd crush that killed 159 people.
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