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Social Media Urge Users to Refrain from Spreading Disturbing Footage, False Info on Itaewon Stampede

Social Media Urge Users to Refrain from Spreading Disturbing Footage, False Info on Itaewon Stampede

SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Social media and online portal operators in South Korea urged users Sunday to refrain from spreading disturbing video footage or ungrounded information about the deadly stampede at Itaewon that killed over 150 people. Kakao, the operator of No. 1 online messenger KakaoTalk, made the call in a notice to [...]

Sudden Crowd Surge at Narrow 4-meter-wide Downward Alley Blamed for Deadliest Stampede

Sudden Crowd Surge at Narrow 4-meter-wide Downward Alley Blamed for Deadliest Stampede

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 [...]