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Teenage Survivor of Itaewon Crowd Crush Found Dead in Apparent Suicide

SEOUL, Dec. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A teenage survivor of the deadly crowd crush in Seoul’s Itaewon neighborhood has been found dead in an apparent suicide, police said Thursday. Police found the high schooler dead at an accommodation in western Seoul at 11:40 p.m. on Monday while searching the area following a report from his [...]

Religious Leaders Mourn Halloween Crush Victims

SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Religious leaders on Tuesday visited a mourning alter for those killed in the country’s worst crowd crush in history. The representatives of the country’s seven main religious orders paid tribute to the victims at a joint memorial altar set up at the public plaza in front of Seoul City [...]