Korean court recognizes state responsibility in Itaewon crowd crush, convicts police official
The court convicted the chief of the Yongsan Police Station, while acquitting the mayor of the district, prompting an outcry from those who lost loved ones that night in 2022
3 police officers sentenced to prison over the Halloween crush in South Korea that killed nearly 160
A South Korean court has given three police officers prison sentences over their botched handling of a 2022 Halloween crush in a Seoul nightlife district that killed nearly 160 people.
Seoul court sentences ex-district police chief over 2022 Halloween crowd crush
A Seoul court on Monday sentenced a former district chief of police to three years behind bars without labor over the city's tragic crowd crush of Halloween weekend 2022.
Former Yongsan police chief sentenced to three years over Itaewon crowd crush disaster
Former Seoul Yongsan Police Precinct Chief Lee Im-jae, who was brought to trial on charges of poor response to the Itaewon crowd crush disaster of Oct. 29, 2022, was sentenced to three years in prison by a Seoul court on Monday.
Ex-police chief jailed for 3 years over deadly Itaewon crowd crush in Seoul: Yonhap
SEOUL - A South Korean court handed a three-year jail term on Sept 30 to a former Seoul district police chief over a crush that killed more than 150 people, the Yonhap news agency reported.
South Korea court sentences highest-ranking police officer yet to jail over Halloween crush
Almost 160 people died in the crowd crush at the trendy Itaewon nightlife district on October 29 that year, in what was one of South Korea’s deadliest disasters that left the nation reeling.
Court to deliver verdicts for Yongsan Ward office chief, ex-Yongsan police chief over Itaewon crowd crush
A Seoul court is set to deliver verdicts Monday for the Yongsan Ward office chief and a former chief of the Yongsan Police Station over the deadly 2022 crowd crush in the district of Itaewon.
South Korea Halloween crush: police officials jailed over 'man-made' tragedy
A South Korean court on Monday sentenced the former police chief of a district of Seoul to three years in prison for a botched response to a deadly Halloween crowd crush in the capital's Itaewon nightlife district in 2022.
South Korean Court Gives Prison Sentences to 3 Police Officers Over Deadly 2022 Halloween Crush
A South Korean court has given three police officers prison sentences over their botched handling of a 2022 Halloween crush in a Seoul nightlife district that killed nearly 160 people
South Korea jails ex-police chief over deadly Halloween crush that killed 159
Two other police officers were also convicted of professional negligence resulting in the deaths of victims mostly in their 20s and 30s A South Korean court has handed down prison sentences to three police officers over their botched handling of a 2022 Halloween crush in a Seoul nightlife district that killed nearly 160 people.
Senior South Korean Police Officer Sentenced to 3 Years Over Crowd Crush
Lee Im-jae, a former district chief, is the most senior official to be convicted in connection with the 2022 disaster that killed nearly 160 Halloween partygoers.
Chairman Woo meets with the chairman of the Itaewon disaster special investigation committee..."Looking forward to finding out now."
National Assembly Speaker Woo Won-sik said he hopes the fact-finding of the Itaewon disaster will begin in earnest and the questions and suspicions of the ...
Court rules Itaewon tragedy was 'foreseeable'
A Seoul district court on Monday sentenced the former chief of the Yongsan Police Station to three years in prison without ...
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(EDITORIAL from Korea JoongAng Daily on Oct. 2)
Judges said the Itaewon disaster resulted from a critical lack of safety awareness inside the government. On the evening of Oct. 29 two years ago, 159 young people enjoying the Halloween festival in ...
Lee Lim-jae, former chief of Yongsan, appeals to the imprisonment sentence of the first trial of the 'Itaewon disaster'.
Lee Im-jae, former chief of Yongsan Police Station in Seoul, who was handed over to trial on charges of poor response to the Itaewon disaster, appealed ...