Up to 125,000 gather in Seoul's Hongdae area on Halloween; 30,000 in Itaewon: data

Up to 125,000 people gathered in Seoul’s Hongdae district on Saturday for Halloween, while around 30,000 to 32,000 were in Itaewon as of 10 p.m., Seoul city data showed. The city classified Hongdae as very crowded and Itaewon as crowded. Police had pledged to deploy around 7,800 personnel nationwide, including at 14 key locations in Seoul, to manage weekend crowds. Some Itaewon visitors laid flowers to honor the 159 people killed in the district’s 2022 Halloween crowd crush.

Visitors in their 20s accounted for 50.6 percent of the people in Itaewon, according to the city’s real-time data.

The city estimated Hongdae’s crowd at between 120,000 and 125,000 people.

The 2022 crowd crush occurred on Oct. 29 in Itaewon’s nightlife district during Halloween weekend.

The 2022 disaster was the country’s worst-ever crowd crush, killing 159 people.

Published Oct 31, 2026 11:54 pm KST

Updated Nov 1, 2026 12:00 am KST

Police officers install a barricade on a street in Seoul's nightlife district of Itaewon for crowd control, Saturday. Yonhap

Up to 125,000 people gathered in the bustling Hongdae district Saturday on Halloween, while around 30,000 gathered in Itaewon, the site of a deadly crowd crush in 2022, Seoul city data showed.

According to real-time data provided by the Seoul metropolitan government, around 30,000 to 32,000 people were in the Itaewon area as of 10 p.m. The area remained "crowded," with visitors in their 20s accounting for 50.6 percent of the total.

The crowd in the Hongdae district was estimated at between 120,000 and 125,000, with the area remaining "very crowded."

Police earlier vowed to deploy around 7,800 personnel nationwide to manage crowds celebrating Halloween over the weekend, including at 14 key locations in Seoul.

Some visitors in Itaewon were also seen laying flowers to pay tribute to the victims.

On Oct. 29, 2022, 159 people were killed in the country's worst-ever crowd crush in Seoul's Itaewon nightlife district during the Halloween weekend.

首尔市政府数据显示，周六万圣节当天，多达12.5万人聚集在首尔弘大区，而截至晚上10点，梨泰院区约有3万至3.2万人。首尔市政府将弘大区列为“非常拥挤”区域，梨泰院区列为“拥挤”区域。警方承诺在全国范围内部署约7800名警力，其中包括首尔的14个重点区域，以应对周末的人流。一些前往梨泰院的游客献花悼念在2022年万圣节踩踏事件中遇难的159人。

根据首尔市的实时数据，20多岁的游客占梨泰院游客总数的50.6%。

据该市估计，弘大的人群在 12 万至 12.5 万人之间。

2022 年 10 月 29 日万圣节周末期间，梨泰院夜生活区发生了一起人群踩踏事件。

2022 年的这场灾难是该国历史上最严重的踩踏事件，造成 159 人死亡。

发布于2026年10月31日晚上11:54（韩国标准时间）

更新于2026年11月1日凌晨12:00（韩国标准时间）

周六，警方在首尔夜生活区梨泰院的一条街道上设置路障，以控制人群。（韩联社）

首尔市数据显示，周六万圣节当天，多达 12.5 万人聚集在繁华的弘大区，而约有 3 万人聚集在梨泰院，梨泰院是 2022 年发生致命人群踩踏事件的地点。

根据首尔市政府提供的实时数据，截至晚上 10 点，梨泰院地区约有 3 万至 3.2 万人。该地区仍然“拥挤”，其中 20 多岁的游客占总人数的 50.6%。

据估计，弘大地区的人群在 12 万至 12.5 万之间，该地区仍然“非常拥挤”。

警方此前承诺将在全国范围内部署约 7800 名人员，以管理周末庆祝万圣节的人群，其中包括首尔的 14 个重点地点。

在梨泰院，也有一些游客献花悼念遇难者。

2022 年 10 月 29 日，在万圣节周末期间，首尔梨泰院夜生活区发生韩国历史上最严重的踩踏事件，造成 159 人死亡。