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       ？Police Chief Is Indicted Over South Korea’s Deadly Crowd Crush

       Kim Kwang-ho, charged with negligence, is one of the most senior officials to face legal consequences for the October 2022 disaster that killed nearly 160 people in Seoul.

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       A view, the day after the disaster, of the alleyway in the Itaewon neighborhood of Seoul where most of the deaths took place. Credit...Chang W. Lee/The New York Times

       By Choe Sang-Hun

       Reporting from Seoul

       Jan. 20, 2024, 2:57 a.m. ET

       Prosecutors in South Korea have indicted the head of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency？, charging him with contributing through negligence to the Halloween crowd crush in Seoul in 2022？ that killed nearly 160 people, officials said.

       The police chief charged on Friday, Kim Kwang-ho, is one of the most senior government officials to face criminal charges stemming from the episode, one of the worst peacetime disasters in South Korea’s history. The head of Yongsan District, the area of Seoul where the deadly event happened, was already facing similar charges.

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       Kim Kwang-ho, the Seoul police chief, in November 2022. Credit...Yonhap/EPA, via Shutterstock

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       Choe Sang-Hun is the lead reporter for The Times in Seoul, covering South and North Korea. More about Choe Sang-Hun

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