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South Korea’s government conducted a crowd-control drill on October 25, 2023, ahead of the first anniversary of a deadly Halloween crowd crush in Seoul that killed 159 people and injured 195 others. The victims were mostly in their 20s and 30s. A lack of crowd-control measures and initial calls for help that went unanswered were blamed for the disaster. In January, a government investigation concluded police and other government agencies failed to control crowds. But victims’ families have accused the government of failing to hold senior officials accountable for the disaster.
