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Episode 5: Small gestures that help and words to avoid for those living alongside PTSD

After the illness entered my life, it was my psychiatrist who held me together inside the consultation room. Outside the clinic, it was the handful of people who knew about my illness — my partner and close friends — who kept me going.

2026.6.17

Episode 4: Working through the emotional aftermath as a survivor

For a long time, I wondered why I reacted so strongly to things that seemed minor. It was only through treatment and time that I realized it was not a matter of willpower; it was a consequence of physical changes in the brain.

2026.6.17

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Episode 3: The importance of engaging in your own treatment

Psychiatric treatment ultimately depends on one’s own agency. The same can be said of other forms of treatment, but mental health care tends to be more effective the more actively the patient engages with it.

2026.6.11

Episode 2: Suffocating in the silence of my own denial

As a reporter on the social affairs desk, I covered the Itaewon disaster on Oct. 29, 2022. Since November of the following year, I have been receiving treatment regularly. I attend psychiatric counseling sessions and take medication every day.

2026.6.11

Episode 1: Trapped in the past, diseased in quiet

Reporter Kim Nam-young shares her experience living with PTSD after covering the Itaewon disaster on Oct. 29, 2022, which resulted in 159 deaths.

2026.6.11

Song Ki-choon, chairperson of the National Commission for the Investigation of the October 29 Itaewon Disaster and Prevention of Recurrence, speaks during a hearing in Seoul on March 12. [KIM KYOUNG-ROK]

Itaewon disaster committee to file complaint against ex-President Yoon for not attending hearing

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.

2026.3.13

The father of Norwegian victim Stine Evensen, second from right, speaks during a press conference in central Seoul with families of foreign victims of the Itaewon disaster, which claimed 159 lives on Oct. 29, 2022. [YONHAP]

For bereaved families, painful questions remain three years after deadly Itaewon crowd crush

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.

2025.10.28

Police and firefighters look over the alleyway next to the Hamilton Hotel, the site of the Itaewon crowd crush that killed more than 150 people in 2022. [NEWS1]

Fire authorities to expand psychological support for firefighters dispatched to Itaewon, Jeju Air disasters

Fire authorities on Saturday announced plans to provide follow-up psychological support for all firefighters who were dispatched to Itaewon crowd crush and the Jeju Air crash sites.

2025.8.23

President Lee Jae Myung, center, bows his head to some 200 bereaved family members of victims of the Sewol ferry sinking, Itaewon crowd crush, Jeju Air crash and Osong underpass flooding at an event held at the Blue House in central Seoul on July 16. He offered a formal apology on behalf of the government and promised to work with them to prevent such tragedies in the future. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]

President Lee offers government apology to victims of major disasters and their families

President Lee Jae Myung formally apologized on behalf of the government in a meeting with family members of victims of recent major disasters, including the Sewol ferry sinking, Itaewon crowd crush and Jeju Air crash.

2025.7.16

Lee visits Itaewon Memorial Alley

President Lee Jae-myung visited Itaewon Memorial Alley to pay respects to the victims of the Oct. 29 crowd crush disaster, advocating for improved public safety measures following the tragedy that resulted in 159 deaths.

2025.6.12

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itaewon crowd crush

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Episode 5: Small gestures that help and words to avoid for those living alongside PTSD

Episode 4: Working through the emotional aftermath as a survivor

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Episode 3: The importance of engaging in your own treatment

Episode 2: Suffocating in the silence of my own denial

Episode 1: Trapped in the past, diseased in quiet

Itaewon disaster committee to file complaint against ex-President Yoon for not attending hearing

For bereaved families, painful questions remain three years after deadly Itaewon crowd crush

Fire authorities to expand psychological support for firefighters dispatched to Itaewon, Jeju Air disasters

President Lee offers government apology to victims of major disasters and their families

Lee visits Itaewon Memorial Alley