SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol called for safety measures over unorganised large gatherings during a meeting on Monday, his spokesman said, following a Halloween stampede in Seoul over the weekend that killed more than 150 people. (Reporting by Hyonhee Shin; Editing by Shri Navaratnam)
By Soo-hyang Choi and Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean investigators combed footage on Monday from more than 50 state and private closed-circuit TV cameras as well as from social media looking for answers to how a surge in Halloween party-goers trapped in narrow alleys killed so many. As the country began a week of …
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By Ju-min Park and Heekyong Yang SEOUL (Reuters) -In tears, Philomene Aby’s hands shook as she asked workers at a South Korean community centre for any news of her 22-year-old son, missing in the wake of a crowd surge in Seoul that left at least 151 people dead on Saturday. Her son, Masela, went to …
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By Ju-min Park, Hyonhee Shin and Soo-hyang Choi SEOUL (Reuters) -With “Hooker Hill” and snaking alleyways of bars with signs like “BADASS” around the local landmark Hamilton Hotel, Seoul’s Itaewon district was a symbol of freewheeling nightlife in the South Korean capital for decades, before tragedy struck. The crush of partygoers on Saturday night that …
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By Mubasher Bukhari LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) – A female journalist was crushed to death by a vehicle carrying former prime minister Imran Khan in an accident in eastern Pakistan on Sunday as he led a convoy along with his supporters towards the capital, party officials and journalists said. The incident prompted Khan to halt the …
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SYDNEY (Reuters) – A record $3.3 billion in aid flowed to the Pacific islands in 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic hit, a 33% increase on the previous year, according to a report released by the Lowy Institute think-tank on Monday. The pandemic led to border closures, confronting governments reliant on tourism with economic crisis. It …
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SEOUL (Reuters) -Foreign leaders expressed condolences over the deadly crowd surge in Seoul’s Itaewon district, with more than 20 foreign nationals from 15 countries among those killed in the crush in a popular nightspot. South Korea’s President Yoon Suk-yeol declared a period of national mourning on Sunday after the Halloween crush on Saturday night killed …
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By Soo-hyang Choi, Daewoung Kim and Hongji Kim SEOUL (Reuters) – Shocked family members collected bodies, parents searched for children and a country sought answers on Sunday after at least 153 people were crushed to death when a crowd in South Korea surged in an alleyway during Halloween festivities. President Yoon Suk-yeol declared a period …
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By Soo-hyang Choi, Daewoung Kim and Heekyong Yang SEOUL (Reuters) -Young people flocking to Seoul’s popular Itaewon district on Saturday for the first virtually unrestricted Halloween festivities in three years instead found themselves caught up in a deadly crush that killed at least 153 people. The crowd of partiers, some still in their teens and …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China has appointed Chen Yixin as state security minister, replacing Chen Wenqing who was promoted to oversee police, legal affairs and intelligence, the National People’s Congress, or parliament, said on Sunday. Chen Yixin, who was elected to the ruling Communist Party’s Central Committee during its once-every-five-years congress this month, had been in …
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