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North Korea’s recent drills show west cannot ignore nuclear threat

Country firing close to South Korean waters in response to Washington-Seoul drills, as it also sells missiles to Russia

The Guardian - UK

Families, friends struggle to cope after Seoul crush

As bereaved families and friends struggle to make sense of a Halloween crowd crush that killed 156 people in South Korea’s capital, their grief is mixed with anger about officials’ failure to employ crowd controls in a small nightlife district swarmed with tens of thousands of partiers

The Independent UK

South Korea expedites efforts to establish Iron Dome-style air defense system

SEOUL -- The administration of South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol is expediting efforts to develop an advanced air defense system to counter North Korean rocket launches.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

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Seoul police headquarters raided after crowd surge deaths

A team of special investigators has raided the headquarters of the Seoul police force, a move that comes as authorities released records of frantic emergency calls warning that crowds of partygoers were growing dangerously large in the hours before a crush that killed at least 156 people.

Bangkok Post

Japanese ex-PM Aso to visit South Korea to improve ties

Former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso has left for Seoul to meet with South Korean officials as the two countries try to improve ties that were badly strained by Japanese wartime atrocities

The Independent UK

N. Korea Fires 100 Artillery Rounds into Maritime 'Buffer Zone'

North Korea fired 100 artillery rounds into a maritime "buffer zone" Wednesday, Seoul's military said, hours after Pyongyang launched a series of missile tests including one that landed near South Korean waters. "North Korea fired around 100 artillery rounds from the Kosong area in Kangwon into the 'buffer zone' north…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Desperate calls for help came hours before the Seoul crowd surge turned deadly

"It looks like people will be squashed to death," said a person who called police nearly three hours before the first fatality. On Wednesday, the team investigating the incident raided Seoul police.

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Investigators raid Seoul police over deadly crowd surge

South Korea’s National Police Agency has raided local police departments in the capital, Seoul, and the city’s Yongsan district office as it investigates whether official ineptitude contributed to a deadly crowd surge that killed 156 people in the neighborhood of Itaewon

The Independent UK

Trauma of South Korea Halloween party tragedy is pervasive, expert says

As South Korea mourns the deaths of more than 150 people in a Halloween party crush, many people - even those not directly involved - are dealing with trauma and a search for answers that has at times blamed the victims, a psychiatry expert says.

Reuters

International: North Korea Fires Missile Across Maritime Border

South Korea later fired three missiles in response to the North. Seoul's President Yoon Suk-yeol called Pyongyang's launch an "effective territorial invasion", the BBC reported. Read on for details:

Dynamite News

North Korea fires ‘more than ten’ missiles after issuing nuke threat to US

Seoul authorities send residents of an eastern island to underground shelters as it issues an air raid alert amid increasing tensions in the area

Wales Online

North Korea missile crosses maritime border with South for first time

One missile landed close to South Korean territorial waters, south of the Northern Limit Line, military chiefs in Seoul say

The Guardian - AU

Air raid warning on S.Korean island as N.Korea fires 10 missiles

SEOUL: North Korea fired at least 10 missiles of various types on Wednesday, Seoul's military said, shortly after it confirmed that a ballistic missile had landed close to South Korean waters for the first time.

Bangkok Post

South Korea PM urges police to explain response to Halloween crush emergency calls

South Korea's Prime Minister Han Duck-soo said on Wednesday police must explain how they responded after receiving multiple emergency calls in the hours before a Halloween party crush killed more than 150 people in Seoul.

Reuters

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After the tragic crush, hundreds of lost shoes await their owners at a Seoul gym

Police have assembled the crumpled shoes — part of the many personal objects left by victims and survivors of the tragedy — in hopes that the owners, or their friends and family, will retrieve them.

Evening Standard

South Korean police received first emergency call hours before deadly Seoul Halloween crush

‘I barely managed to leave but there are too many people, looks like you should come and control,’ one caller told police

Daily Record

Haunting images show Seoul crush victims' belongings laid out following tragedy

Officials gathered the belongings at a gym in the wake of the tragedy which killed 150 people.

The Independent UK

Stampede safety tips: How to protect yourself in a crowd crush situation

After 156 die in Seoul disaster, here are a range of actions experts recommend in a crush

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Reuters

Emergency calls reveal growing desperation before South Korea Halloween crush

Transcripts of the 11 emergency calls made in the hours and minutes before a Halloween party crush killed more than 150 people in Seoul reveal the growing fear of revellers and how they had urged the police to intervene.

Daily Mirror

Seoul crush survivor tried to grab friend's hand before they died in Halloween tragedy

Nathan Taverniti thought he saw some of his friends' hands among the people who were piling up, so he tried to grab them, but had to let go after being crushed by the enormous weight of other people in Seoul, South Korea

Radio France Internationale

Police admit mistakes over South Korean Halloween crowd tragedy

South Korea's police chief has admitted that officers received multiple reports of danger but failed to react "sufficiently" ahead of the deadly crowd movement which cost 156 people their lives at a Halloween event in the capital, Seoul.

Bangkok Post

Thai Itaewon crush victim's family to get compensation

PHETCHABUN: The family of the Thai woman who died in the Itaewon crush in Seoul on Saturday night is entitled to compensation under the Social Security Act, a labour official said on Tuesday.

Daily Mirror

Harrowing pictures of Seoul crush victims' belongings - including shoes and jumpers

Officials have gathered the belongings of the Seoul crush victims at a gym, in the wake of the deadly accident which saw more than 150 young people die

Evening Standard

Lost shoes await owners in Seoul gym after tragic Halloween crush

Police have assembled 1.5 tons of abandoned items including passports and costumes

The Independent UK

Seoul's Halloween victims primarily women, young people

The narrow street in Seoul’s popular Itaewon neighborhood was already packed with people celebrating Halloween as high school student Eunseo Kim pushed into the crowd

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