PHOTOS In memory of Itaewon crowd crush victims

A pedestrian walks in the alley in central Seoul's Itaewon, Thursday, where a deadly crowd crush took 159 lives on Oct. 29, 2022. As the one-year anniversary approaches, a commemorative event took place at the bottom of the alley on Oct. 26. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

A street sign points to the October 29 Memorial Alley in Itaewon, Thursday, almost one year after a deadly crowd crush took 159 lives there. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

Three new commemorative installations are unveiled, Thursday, in the alley in central Seoul's Itaewon where a deadly crowd crush took 159 lives last year. Korea Times photo by Choi Won-suk

A passerby looks at the memorial wall in the alley where last year's deadly crowd crush claimed 159 lives in Itaewon. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

Halloween props wrapped in plastic bags sit on stacked chairs in a storage room of a shop near Itaewon Station in Seoul, Oct. 26. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul