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South Korea disaster latest: At least 146 dead after Halloween crowd surge in Seoul

Local media reports crush happened after a large number of people rushed to a bar after hearing an unidentified celebrity visited

Wales Online

The deadliest crowd crushes of the last decade

Fatal crowd surge during Halloween festivities in Seoul is latest in a series of disastrous crushes around the world

The Guardian - UK

Seoul Halloween crowd crush: What we know so far

At least 151 killed and 82 others injured in a crowd crush during Halloween festivities in the South Korean capital.

Al Jazeera

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146+ dead in Seoul Halloween tragedy

Fire officials say that many of the deaths are attributed to people suffering cardiac arrests in a stampede

Salon

Seoul stampede kills at least 146 with 150 more injured after street crush at Halloween event

Awful news from South Korea

Irish Mirror

EXPLAINER: How and why do crowd surges turn deadly?

The crowd surge that left dozens dead at Halloween festivities in South Korea's capital city of Seoul is the latest example of a deadly story that has been told around the world: People in a large crowd find themselves squeezed into a space so tight it is impossible to breathe

The Independent UK

Seoul Halloween stampede leaves over 100 dead, more injured

SEOUL, South Korea — About 146 people were killed and another 150 injured following a stampede at a Halloween party in Seoul’s Itaewon area, South Korean fire and police authorities said.

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Factbox-Some of the world's worst stampedes

At least 151 people were killed in a crush during a Halloween celebration in South Korea's capital Seoul late on Saturday.

Reuters

A look at some of the world's major crowd disasters

At least 120 people were killed and 100 more were injured when they were crushed by a large crowd pushing forward on a narrow street during Halloween festivities in the capital of Seoul, South Korea

The Independent UK

South Korea stampede death toll rises to 120 - fire authorities

The number of deaths reported from a stampede in a central district of the South Korean capital Seoul has risen to 120, a fire official said.

Reuters

At least 146 killed in massive crowd crush at Halloween celebration in Seoul

It was not immediately clear what led the crowd to surge into the narrow downhill alley near the Hamilton Hotel, a major party spot in Seoul.

Chicago Sun-Times

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

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

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.

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WEKU

Over 150 dead after Halloween crowd surge in Seoul

Dozens more were injured, officials said, after a stampede took place in a narrow alley near a major party spot on Saturday night in the South Korean capital.

France 24

Stampede turns deadly during Halloween festivities in Seoul

At least 120 people were killed and dozens more were injured after being crushed by a large crowd pushing forward on a narrow street during Halloween festivities in the capital Seoul, South Korean officials said.

Bangkok Post

About 50 people hurt in stampede in South Korea

SEOUL: Dozens of people were injured in a stampede in Seoul as a huge crowd poured into a central district of the South Korean capital for Halloween festivities late on Saturday, according to a news agency.

The Independent UK

Officials: Dozens in cardiac arrest after Seoul crowd surge

South Korean officials said around 50 people were in cardiac arrest and a number feared dead after being crushed by a large crowd pushing forward on a narrow street during Halloween festivities in the capital Seoul

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Reuters

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.

Daily Mirror

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

Evening Standard

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

South Korean authorities say many went into cardiac arrest

France 24

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.”

Asharq Al-Awsat

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…

Tribune News Service

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.

Reuters

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.

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