Shin Hyo-seob (Korean: 신효섭; born May 3, 1992), professionally known as Crush (크러쉬), is a South Korean R&B and hip hop singer-songwriter and producer.
South Korea's police chief said the crowd control was “inadequate.” A crowd crush or surge happens when people are packed together in a confined space and there's movement such as pushing that causes the crowd to fall over. (It's different from a stampede).
K-pop fans around the world are mourning the loss of singer Lee Ji-han. The young entertainer was among more than 150 people killed during a crowd rush at a Halloween celebration in Seoul, South Korea Oct. 29. He was 24.
The 23-year old Australian who died was due to celebrate her birthday next week. The Australian killed in the horrific Seoul stampede has been identified as 23-year-old Sydney woman, Grace Rached.
Sister pays tribute to loving, creative Australian who died in hospital two weeks after Seoul crowd crush. A second Australian has died in South Korea from injuries sustained in a horrific crowd crush at Halloween festivities in Seoul. Justina Cho, 28, spent two weeks in hospital before succumbing to her injuries.
Australian Forces remained in Korea as part of the multi-national peacekeeping force until 1957. Over 17,000 Australians served during the Korean War, of which 340 were killed and over 1,216 wounded. A further 30 had become prisoners of war.
Of the 17,000 Australians who served in Korea, casualties numbered more than 1,500, of whom 339 were killed.
Chris Dawson arrives at court on August 30 in Sydney, Australia. A former high school teacher found guilty of killing his wife in one of Australia's longest cold cases has been sentenced to 24 years in prison.
In 2003, Kathleen Folbigg was sentenced to prison on three counts of murder and one of manslaughter. A woman condemned as Australia's worst female serial killer has been pardoned after serving 20 years behind bars for killing her four children in what appears to be one of the country's gravest miscarriages of justice.
Synopsis. K-drama actress Jung Chae-yul, better known for her role in Netflix's "Zombie Detective" has passed away at the age of 26.
On the night of 29 October 2022, a crowd crush occurred during Halloween festivities in the Itaewon neighborhood of Seoul, South Korea. At least 159 people were killed and 196 others were injured. The victims were mostly young adults; 27 of the victims were foreign nationals.
The court in Beijing's Chaoyang district announced Friday, November 26, 2022 that Kris Wu was sentenced to “11 years and six months of imprisonment for rape” and “imprisonment of one year and ten months for the crime of gathering people to commit adultery.”
Such crowd crushes can occur when a moving crowd is funnelled into a smaller and smaller space, when it meets an obstacle (such as a dead end, or a locked door), or when an already densely packed crowd has an influx of people, causing a pressure wave toward those at the front of the crowd.
In South Korea, passionate kisses and lingering hugs are considered tacky and inappropriate when they occur in public. Rather, they're seen as special, romantic moments that should be shared with your partner in a private setting.
Many such accidents are also in the list of accidents and disasters by death toll. The deadliest modern crowd crush incidents have both occurred during the Hajj pilgrimage, with the 1990 Mecca tunnel tragedy claiming 1,426 lives and the 2015 Mina stampede claiming 2,400.
SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea's national police apologized on Monday, saying they'd only deployed 137 officers to handle a crowd of about 100,000 revelers who were celebrating Halloween in Itaewon, the Seoul neighborhood where at least 154 people were killed in a crowd crush.
Carol Baxter, Black Widow: The True Story of Australia's First Female Serial Killer | The Dictionary of Sydney.
Ann Davis was hanged at Sydney Cove on 23 November 1789 for the theft of clothing from Robert Sidaway's hut. She was the first woman to be executed in Australia.
Katherine Mary Knight (born 24 October 1955) is an Australian murderer and the first woman in the country's history to be sentenced to life imprisonment without parole.
Shortly after 8 a.m. on 19 February 1951, Jean Lee, an attractive, red-haired, 31-year-old woman was hanged at Melbourne's Pentridge Prison. She had been sedated and was held upright on a chair before being plunged to her death. Jean Lee was the last woman hanged in Australia and the only one to hang this century.
Ronald Ryan was the last man hanged in Australia, 50 years ago on 3 February 1967. Ryan and his accomplice Peter Walker escaped from Pentridge Prison on 19 December 1965. The escape set in motion a chain of events which would lead to Ryan's execution and, eventually, to the abolition of the death penalty in Australia.
The man suspected of murdering her, Rajwinder Singh, is being extradited from India to Australia. Toyah Cordingley, 24, whose body was found on a beach north of Cairns in 2018. The man suspected of murdering her, Rajwinder Singh, is being extradited from India to Australia.
Historical population
At the 2016 census, 123,017 persons resident in Australia identified themselves as being of Korean ancestry. 98,776 persons resident in Australia had been born in South Korea. At the 2006 census, 59 persons residing in Australia had been born in North Korea.
Troops of many nations, including Australia, joined the fight against the North Korean invasion of the South. There were many reasons for Australia's involvement in Korea, such as concern for the security of the region, and a desire to strengthen its military relationship with the US with a commitment of troops.
At the end of the Vietnam War (1975), many Koreans working for military contract firms moved to Australia. Some were granted permanent residency status and an increase in sponsored migration.