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South Korea Mourns Itaewon Crush Deaths

SEOUL, Oct. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — White mourning flowers and condolence gifts have been laid, and stores bearing condolence messages suspended business in Seoul’s Itaewon district Monday, as South Korea mourned the country’s deadliest crowd crush in the neighborhood amid soul-searching about what went wrong. Mourning altars laden with white chrysanthemums also opened across the [...]

9 Dead, 6 Missing in Record Rainfall in Seoul, Surrounding Areas

SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Record rainfall, believed to be the heaviest in 115 years, has pummeled Seoul and surrounding regions, leaving nine people dead and six others missing while flooding homes, vehicles, buildings and subway stations, officials said Tuesday. Parts of Seoul, the western port city of Incheon and Gyeonggi Province that surrounds [...]