"I can't let her go": a Seoul family mourns

"Dad, I'm going out" were the last words Jung Hae-moon heard his daughter say over the phone, before she left to celebrate Halloween in Seoul's Itaewon district. As they buried her, the family's grief was mixed with anger at the failure to prevent last week's stampede. Turn on notifications šŸ”” to stay updated -------------------- WEBSITE āž¤ https://www.straitstimes.com FACEBOOK āž¤ Ā Ā /Ā thestraitstimesĀ Ā  TIKTOK āž¤ Ā Ā /Ā straitstimesĀ Ā  INSTAGRAM āž¤ Ā Ā /Ā straits_timesĀ Ā  TWITTER āž¤ Ā Ā /Ā straits_timesĀ Ā  TELEGRAM āž¤ https://t.me/TheStraitsTimes PODCASTS āž¤ https://str.sg/stpodcasts #straitstimes Video: Reuters

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