The tragedy echoed the 2014 Sewol ferry disaster, which killed 304 people.
The tragedyclaimed 159 livesand injured over 190 people.
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Former police chief sentenced to three years in prison for mishandling the crowd crush during the Itaewon Halloween tragedy in 2022
A South Korean court has sentenced Lee Im Jae, the former police chief of Seoul’s Yongsan district, to three years in prison for mishandling th…
