New Delhi CNN — Nine people have been arrested over the collapse of a suspension bridge in India’s western Gujarat state that killed at least 134 people on Sunday, police said. The suspects are all associated with Oreva, a Gujarat-based electrical appliances manufacturer that performed maintenance on the 230-meter long bridge in the town of […]
CNN — British entrepreneur Richard Branson has declined an invitation from the Singaporean government to take part in a live television debate on the death penalty. Branson – a long-time campaigner against capital punishment – had criticized Singapore’s decision in April this year to execute 33-year-old Nagaenthran Dharmalingam for drug trafficking. In a blog post […]
Seoul, South Korea CNN — South Korean authorities said Monday they had no guidelines to handle the huge crowds that gathered for Halloween festivities in Seoul, as families in the country and around the world mourn the 154 victims of Saturday night’s crowd crush. The crush took place in the narrow neon-lit alleyways of the […]
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is set on Monday to fly over flood-submerged districts to inspect the damage after Tropical Storm Nalgae barreled across the Southeast Asian country over the weekend, killing at least 98 people. More than half the deaths were recorded in the southern autonomous region of Bangsamoro, often due to rain-induced landslides, […]
At least 60 people were killed in India Sunday when a bridge collapsed in the western state of Gujarat, causing hundreds of people to fall into the water, officials said. The bridge in the town of Morbi had been recently renovated and the government would investigate how and why the incident occurred, said the Minister […]
CNN — South Korean authorities were on Sunday investigating the crowd surge that killed at least 153 partygoers in Seoul, as the rattled nation attempts to come to terms with one of its worst-ever disasters. The country has begun a week-long period of mourning while officials attempt to understand how the devastating crush took place. […]
An English teacher in Seoul who was passing through Itaewon on Saturday night recounted what she saw to CNN. “There were rows and rows of people with tarps covering them in the street,” said Emily Farmer, 27. Farmer, who was with two friends, said she did not see any crowd control measures in place in […]
Seoul, South Korea CNN — Most weekends, the narrow alleys of Itaewon, the neon-lit party district in South Korea’s capital Seoul, are busy with partygoers and tourists. Now it’s the site of one of the country’s worst disasters. On Saturday night, tens of thousands of people flooded into the area in central Seoul to celebrate […]
Rescue crews seen in the nightlife district of Itaewon in Seoul on Saturday night.Jung Yeon-je/AFP/Getty Images At least 59 people were killed in the Halloween incident in Seoul’s Itaewon neighborhood Saturday night, according to the Yongsan Fire Department chief. At least 150 others were also injured, the chief added. The cause of the deaths was […]
CNN — Dozens of people in South Korea’s capital of Seoul are receiving medical assistance after an incident during Halloween festivities in the city, according to Yonhap News Agency. Yonhap reported that people suffered from “cardiac arrest,” attributing fire authorities. Emergency officials received at least 81 people in Seoul’s Itaewon neighborhood reporting “difficulty breathing.” Authorities […]
