A number of South Korean officials offered public apologies on Tuesday for the tragic Halloween crowd surge in Seoul's Itaewon district that killed more than 150 people.
Driving the news: In the face of growing public criticism that the tragedy could have been prevented, National police chief Yoon Hee Keun apologized and admitted that police had failed to adequately respond calls from citizens warning them of the dangers of the large crowd gathering, the Korea Times reported.
