Around 22:20 on 29 October 2022, a crowd surge occurred during Halloween festivities in the Itaewon neighborhood of Seoul, South Korea. 159 people were killed and 196 others were injured; 27 of the victims were foreign nationals. It is the deadliest crowd crush in South Korea's history, surpassing a 1959 incident at the Busan Municipal Stadium in which 67 people were crushed to death. A special police team conducted an investigation of the disaster within a few days of it occurring and concluded on 13 January 2023 that the police and governments' failure to adequately prepare for the crowds was the cause of the incident.