Kim Kwang-ho, the former head of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, was the most senior official to face criminal charges ...

The verdict drew angry responses from grieving relatives and their advocates, who accused the court of refusing to hold ...

A South Korean court found the former police chief of the country’s capital, Seoul, not guilty over a botched response to a ...

A South Korean court ruled on Thursday that Seoul's former police chief was not guilty of negligence in the response to a ...

The most senior officer to face charges over a deadly crowd crush in Seoul in 2022 has been acquitted. Former police chief Kim Kwang-ho faced negligence charges over the Halloween celebration that ...

A Seoul court on Thursday acquitted a former head of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency (SMPA) over the deadly 2022 ...

former chief of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, was not guilty of negligence before and during the deadly Halloween crowd crush on Oct 29, 2022, in Itaewon, central Seoul. According to the ...

The verdict by the Seoul Western District Court drew ... citing their failure to properly prepare for the crowd and respond to the crush. The court acquitted Park Hee-young, head of the Yongsan ...

A court in South Korea found the former police chief of the capital Seoul and two other officers not guilty over a botched ...

A South Korean court found the former police chief of the country’s capital, Seoul, not guilty over a botched response to a Halloween crowd crush that killed nearly 160 people in 2022 SEOUL ...