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(LEAD) Up to 125,000 gather in Seoul's Hongdae area on Halloween; 30,000 in Itaewon: data

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  • Up to 125,000 people gathered in Seoul's Hongdae district and 30,000 in Itaewon for Halloween celebrations.
  • Authorities deployed 7,800 police personnel nationwide to manage crowds, with visitors in Itaewon also paying tribute to 2022 crowd crush victims.

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On Oct. 29, 2022, 159 people were killed in a crowd crush in Seoul's Itaewon district during Halloween weekend.

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SEOUL, Oct. 31 (Yonhap) -- Up to 125,000 people gathered in the bustling Hongdae district Saturday on Halloween, while around 30,000 gathered in Itaewon, the site of a deadly crowd crush in 2022, Seoul city data showed.

According to real-time data provided by the Seoul metropolitan government, around 30,000 to 32,000 people were in the Itaewon area as of 10 p.m. The area remained "crowded," with visitors in their 20s accounting for 50.6 percent of the total.

The crowd in the Hongdae district was estimated at between 120,000 and 125,000, with the area remaining "very crowded."

Police earlier vowed to deploy around 7,800 personnel nationwide to manage crowds celebrating Halloween over the weekend, including at 14 key locations in Seoul.

Some visitors in Itaewon were also seen laying flowers to pay tribute to the victims.

On Oct. 29, 2022, 159 people were killed in the country's worst-ever crowd crush in Seoul's Itaewon nightlife district during the Halloween weekend.

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  • Were there any crowd-related incidents reported?

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This article was originally published by Yonhap News.

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