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A police officer stands guard at Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul on March 18. [NEWS1]

Police stepping up crowd control, stop-and-search measures ahead of BTS's downtown comeback concert

Police will step up stop-and-search checks around the venue of BTS’s comeback concert set to take place at Gwanghwamun Square on Saturday.

2026.3.18

People crowd the streets of Myeongdong in central Seoul on Christmas Day on Dec. 25. Some 340 police officers have been dispatched in crowded areas to prevent accidents. [NEWS1]

Christmas crowds

2025.12.25

Seoul expects crowds to reach 170,000 on New Year’s Eve

Crowds of more than 170,000 people are expected to gather at popular sites in Seoul to celebrate the coming of a new year, and the police announced measures to ensure safe celebrations.

2023.12.29

″Crowd″ (1986) by Lee Ung-no [SHIN MIN-HEE]

Changing with the wind, Lee Ung-no's works are exhibited from all angles

The Lee Ungno Museum in Daejeon is commemorating the 120th anniversary of Korean artist Lee Ung-no's birth, with an exhibition exploring his diverse works inspired by both Eastern and Western influences.

2023.12.26

Yi Han-kyung, chief of the Disaster and Safety Management office at the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, visits and inspects the streets in Ikseon-dong, an area expected to be crowded during Halloween. The inspection was conducted on Oct. 21. [YONHAP]

Police warn of bigger crowds in Mapo, Gangnam this Halloween

The police will manage 16 key neighborhoods in Seoul during the Halloween period with special safety plans to prevent stampedes and crowd crushes.

2023.10.23

Senior police officers including Kim Jin-ho (former intelligence officer at the Yongsan Police Station), Park Sung-min (former high-ranking intelligence officer at the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency), center, and Lee Im-jae (former Yongsan police chief), right, come out of a court hearing on Monday. [YONHAP]

First arrests made in Itaewon crowd crush case

Two senior intelligence officers suspected of ordering the deletion of an internal intelligence report warning of a possible crowd surge in Itaewon on Oct. 29 were arrested Monday.

2022.12.6

Lee Jong-bae, a Seoul city councilman from the People Power Party (PPP), holds a press conference in front of the Seoul city hall on Tuesday ahead of suing a media outlet for naming the Itaewon tragedy victims. [YONHAP]

Naming Itaewon victims without families' consent stirs controversy

An online media outlet in Korea is facing a backlash after publishing the names of the victims of the Itaewon crowd crush without the consent of their families.

2022.11.15

This file photo shows a crowd trying to get in a packed train at Line 9 Yeomchang metro station in western Seoul. [JANG JOO-YOUNG]

Seoul to add more cars to metro Line 9 to prevent crowding

In the wake of the Oct. 29 Itaewon crowd crush, Seoul is adding more carriages on its infamously-packed Line 9 to deal with overcrowding.

2022.11.13

Fire trucks are dispatched to a crowd crush scene in Itaewon in central Seoul on Oct. 29, which killed at least 156 people. [YONHAP]

Calls to fire department were some victims' last

Phone records of 119 emergency calls made from the Halloween crowd crush in Itaewon were released Monday, giving voice to the victims — some at the moments of their deaths.

2022.11.8

A visitor receives therapy at a makeshift counseling center for anyone struggling from mental distress caused by the Itaewon crowd surge at Seoul Plaza in Jung District, central Seoul on Thursday. [YONHAP]

He survived Itaewon. She didn't. The guilt is unbearable.

He spends every moment of the day frantically searching for videos of the crowd, hoping to see any last moments of his girlfriend.

2022.11.3

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