Regarding the disaster that crushed Itaewon last night, ̾k̾o̾r̾e̾a is currently in mourning due to the loss of 149 people and more than 150 others injured. This ̾s̾h̾o̾c̾ked the ̾k̾o̾r̾e̾an people and the world at this ḧöŕŕïḅŀệ scene.
According to the flow of events, some TV stations and programs have been cancelled. In it is the episode of "Running Man" with the appearance of Jin and Jin's content related to promote for the new solo album.
This morning, according to ̾k̾o̾r̾e̾an news agencies, the tragedy of a stampede on a narrow street on Itaewon Street last night left ̾k̾o̾r̾e̾a in mourning as it witnessed hundreds of dєαths and injuries. It is known that the stampede to dєαth occurred when too many people gathered in the alley next to the Halmington hotel while the alley area was not enough to accommodate such a large number of people, causing congestion.
Some sources also said that the main cause of the incident was the fire and the narrowness that initially caused the crowd's panic to find a way to escape. However, when the crowd jostled each other to find a way out of the narrow slope, it caused a situation of pushing and trampling on each other's bod̾i̾e ̾s.
This caused the street to pile up to 6 layers of people on top of each other and many people fell into suffocation and cardiac arrest. The current scene in Itaewon was even dire, it was a terrifying Halloween night.
Meanwhile, this morning, the President of South ̾k̾o̾r̾e̾a stated that South ̾k̾o̾r̾e̾a will observe national mourning until the matter is resolved in Itaewon. In it, the broadcasters canceled the existing program and rushed to organize a news report about the incident.
According to a broadcaster on the 30th, three terrestrial TV stations such as KBS, MBC, SBS and TV Chosun, JTBC, Channel A, and MBN have canceled previously scheduled programs and released news specials related to them. related to the Itaewon crushing disaster.
Many entertainment programs that are not included in the news such as MBC TV's 'Kookie Meal Cla̾s̾s', SBS TV's 'Hello Carbot 12 Boomba', 'Super Dino' and 'TV Animal Farm' have also been cancelled. SBS does not broadcast 'Inkigayo' this afternoon, and the K-pop music industry also has the mentality to cancel or postpone scheduled events.
In particular, after the disaster news, Bł₲ Ⱨł₮ Music made an announcement about the change of schedule of content related to Jin's promotion for The Astronaut. Specifically:
"[Notice] Jin’s content postponement announcement
We would like to inform you that the event and content below have been postponed.
12 PM, October 30 (KST) Stationhead Listening Party
0 AM, October 31 (KST) ‘The Astronaut’ Lyric Video"
In addition, the episode of "Running Man" with Jin's appearance scheduled to be broadcast today and tomorrow is also cancelled. All of this content will be scheduled to be broadcast and announced later.
Along with this comes SM Entertainment which has canceled its Halloween event scheduled for this afternoon. Clubs in front of Hongdae, such as Club FF, also said they would stop Halloween-related parties.
Pray for ̾k̾o̾r̾e̾a!
