Special panel seeks to question ex-President Yoon over 2022 crowd crush

The Korea Times reports that a special commission investigating the 2022 Itaewon crowd crush plans to question former President Yoon Suk Yeol over the government's handling of the disaster. The National Commission for the Investigation of the October 29 Itaewon Disaster shared interim results of its probe, which found various shortcomings in the government response to the tragedy.

The commission will question Yoon, who was president at the time, and former Interior Minister Lee Sang-min, who was jailed for his role in the disaster. The investigation aims to uncover the cause of the tragedy, which resulted in 159 deaths and 196 injuries during Halloween festivities in Seoul's Itaewon district.

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