section_path: Presidency (2022–2025)/2022 Seoul crowd crush
section_name: 2022 Seoul crowd crush
paragraph_text: 2022 Seoul crowd crush
  
  On 29 October 2022, at least 158 people were crushed to death when a crowd surged in an alleyway during Halloween festivities in Seoul's Itaewon district. Yoon declared a state of official national mourning.