SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government will deploy patrol forces and implement traffic controls in the city’s 15 most crowded districts during the upcoming Halloween week to prevent overcrowding, officials said Wednesday. The city has designated a “concentrated Halloween safety management period” from Friday to Nov. 3 to enhance patrols and [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Police said Thursday they will launch a crackdown on those wearing or selling police costumes during Halloween week to prevent confusion with real police officers on duty. The National Police Agency said they have been monitoring transactions of police costumes online, including on portal sites and secondhand markets, and [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – With the first anniversary of the Itaewon tragedy just 10 days away (on October 29), there has been a lot of talk on social media about how to celebrate Halloween. Halloween is a significant occasion for businesses like stores, theme parks, and hotels. However, not all have chosen to make the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — A growing number of South Koreans are commending police, firefighters and paramedics for their hard work during the Halloween crowd crush in Seoul’s Itaewon district last Saturday. “I’m sorry I couldn’t save more of them,” one of the police officers who was sent to Itaewon that day said on [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — A sudden surge of Halloween crowds instantly packed a narrow 4-meter-wide downhill alley in Seoul’s Itaewon district, with hundreds left unable to move or escape, before some began to fall over and knock others down, resulting in the deadliest stampede in South Korea, witnesses and authorities said Sunday. At [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Most Halloween festivals, events and parades, as well as shows by K-pop stars have been canceled, their organizers and the government said Sunday, as the country mourns the deaths of at least 153 people in an overnight stampede. At least 103 others were injured after being crushed in a [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Witnesses and survivors on Sunday said an overnight stampede that killed at least 151 people occurred after a massive group of people celebrating Halloween surged into a narrow downhill alley and were instantly pushed down by others. The deadliest stampede in South Korea’s history happened Saturday night in the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s retail industry is enjoying a surge in sales of Halloween-related items ahead of the Halloween weekend. Discount retailer Emart Inc. saw annual sales of Halloween items rise by more than 20 percent every year from October 2019 to October 2021. By generation, the consumer base has expanded [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — A total of 1,289 people in violation of anti-COVID-19 rules were caught in the past three days at Halloween parties and private gatherings across the country, police said Monday. The National Police Agency said 630 people were discovered violating antivirus protocols, food sanitation rules and music-related regulations Saturday, followed [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The government will deal sternly with violators of COVID-19 rules during the Halloween weekend and foreigners will be no exception, the interior minister said Sunday. Interior Minister Jeon Hae-cheol issued the warning during a meeting of the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters, saying Halloween celebrations pose a high [...]