As Seoul has grown more cosmopolitan, and an increasing number of South Koreans have lived abroad and returned, Halloween has become a more popular occasion.

Itaewon was the location of a deadly stampede in Seoul Saturday night. Some 100,000 people were estimated to have passed through the area.

On Saturday, an estimated 100,000 people flocked to celebrate Halloween in Itaewon, a popular entertainment district in Seoul. The government loosened crowd limits last November, and this was the ...

Halloween festivities in Seoul, South Korea, became a nightmare after a stampede broke out in the capital city's Itaewon district. At least 149 people were killed and 76 others injured.

Seoul has begun adding hundreds of high-resolution surveillance cameras and plans to use artificial-intelligence technology to watch crowds in Itaewon and other entertainment zones.

Mondrian Seoul Itaewon Mondrian Seoul Itaewon Socializing over food and drink takes top billing at the Mondrian, as evidenced by the lineup of distinct restaurants and bars.

Seoul's Itaewon neighborhood, an enclave popular with foreigners and the LGBT community, is mourning ― and contemplating its fate.

Hye Minyi can still vividly recall what happened in Itaewon, South Korea, on the night of October 29, 2022. That was when the trendy nightlife district in the heart of Seoul became the site of one ...

South Korean police guard the entrance to an alleyway where some of the 159 victims were killed after a crowd of people were crushed during Halloween festivities in Itaewon, South Korea, Oct. 29 ...

People walk through an alley in Itaewon where the Halloween crowd crush occurred last year, in Seoul, South Korea, on Oct. 23, 2023. Kim Soo-hyeon—Reuters ...

Most weekends, the narrow alleys of Itaewon, the neon-lit nightlife district in South Korea’s capital Seoul, are busy with partygoers and tourists. Now it’s the site of one of the country’s ...

The neighborhood of Itaewon, a trendy hub for foreigners and foreign cuisine in South Korea's capital, became the location of a deadly crowd surge on Saturday night. More than 150 people died ...