SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — A lax police response to emergency calls on the night of the Itaewon crowd crush came under growing scrutiny and criticism Wednesday following revelations that police snubbed a series of emergency calls about overcrowding in the neighborhood hours before the disaster. The National Police Agency released Tuesday police documents [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Provincial governments have canceled their autumnal festivals one after another as the country mourns the deaths of more than 150 people in a Halloween crowd crush in Seoul. The Busan metropolitan government said Monday it has decided to indefinitely postpone this year’s Busan Fireworks Festival set to be held [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 31 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean businesses have canceled their Halloween promotional events as the country mourns the death of more than 150 people in a massive stampede in central Seoul, companies said Monday. Lotte Department Store, a leading shopping mall, said it has called off its plans to hold Halloween parades and [...]
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 [...]