South Korea launches investigation into deadly Halloween crowd crush


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Emergency workers move the body of a victim of a Halloween stampede in Seoul on Oct. 30.ALBERT RETIEF/AFP/Getty Images South Koreans are demanding answers after more than 150 people were crushed to death in a stampede during Halloween festivities in Seoul, one of the country’s worst peacetime disasters. An official mourning period began Sunday, as authorities were still trying to identify all of the dead, working in a makeshift morgue set up at the scene. At least 22 of those killed were foreigners from around a dozen countries, while others were teenagers still too young to carry ID cards. Among...