Online abuse hounds families of Seoul's Halloween tragedy victims

By Agence France-Presse

Apr 11, 2023 12:31 am

SEOUL: First, he lost his child in Seoul's Halloween crowd crush last year. Then came a torrent of online abuse, upending his family's once-private life and making him an internet-wide figure of mockery.

Last October, Lee Jong-chul's 24-year-old son Ji-han was among more than 150 people killed in the disaster in the South Korean capital's popular Itaewon district. Grief-stricken, he spoke to the media, pleading with politicians to take action.

GNAWING GRIEF Cho Mi-eun (left) and her husband Lee Jong-chul react as they read messages of support in the alleyway where their 24-year-old son Lee Ji-han was killed during a Halloween crowd crush in the Itaewon district of South Korea’s capital Seoul last October, on Wednesday, April 5, 2023. AFP PHOTO

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