Tag: Itaewon
conflict between families and authorities over the altar of Itaewon victims
More than a hundred days after the Itaewon tragedy, where 159 people died during a Halloween party, the wound is still open in South Korea. A conflict now opposes the…
2001 Akashi Family to 2022 Itaewon Family
It has been more than two months since the Itaewon disaster occurred. Following the police, the prosecution also launched an investigation. The request made by the bereaved family council is…
Sofie from Umeå was going to celebrate Halloween at Itaewon in Seoul: “It didn’t take us long before we saw that people were lying on the ground and receiving CPR”
– You knew there would be a lot of people, because everyone has told you to go to Itaewon on Halloween, says Sofie Ådén. Sofie and her friends took the…