The Latest Breaking News from Seoul

Halloween crush kills 59 and leaves 150 injured in South Korea

Images shared online show people crushed to death on the ground in Seoul

Wales Online · Oct 29, 2022

At least 146 dead after Halloween crowd surge in South Korea

Choi Seong-beom, chief of Seoul’s Yongsan fire department, said the death toll could grow

Manchester Evening News · Oct 29, 2022

At least 153 killed in Halloween crowd crush in South Korea

Officials say most of the victims in the stampede in Seoul’s Itaewon district were women and young people in their 20s.

Al Jazeera · Oct 29, 2022

Halloween stampede in Seoul leaves at least 149 dead

At least 149 people, mostly teenagers and young adults in their 20s, were killed in a crush when a huge crowd celebrating Halloween surged into an alley in a nightlife area of the South Korean capital Seoul on Saturday night, emergency officials said.

Reuters · Oct 29, 2022

Seoul Halloween stampede kills at least 153 with dozens more injured after street crush

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT At least 153 people were killed as a huge crowd poured into a central district of the South Korean capital for Halloween festivities late on Saturday

Daily Mirror · Oct 29, 2022

At least ‘149 dead’ after stampede during Halloween festivities in Seoul, officials say

South Korean authorities say many went into cardiac arrest

Evening Standard · Oct 29, 2022

North Korea fires ballistic missiles toward sea as US issues warning over nuke use

North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea on Friday in its first ballistic weapons launches in two weeks, as the U.S. military warned the North that the use of nuclear weapons “will result in the end of that regime.”

France 24 · Oct 28, 2022

North Korea Fires Two Ballistic Missiles

North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles on Friday, the South's military said, the latest in a blitz of launches that Washington and Seoul have warned could culminate in Kim Jong Un conducting another nuclear test. The launch comes as South Korea and the US conclude 12 days of amphibious…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 28, 2022

North Korea fires two short-range ballistic missiles, Seoul says

North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles on Friday, as it continues a barrage of launches in opposition to U.S. and South Korean military drills.

Tribune News Service · Oct 28, 2022

South Korea has not supplied lethal weapons to Ukraine, president says

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol said on Friday Seoul has not provided any lethal weapons to Ukraine, after Russian President Vladimir Putin said such a decision would destroy their bilateral relations.

Reuters · Oct 28, 2022