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[1/3] People walk through a CCTV (closed-circuit television system) monitored alley in Itaewon, where the Halloween crowd crush occurred last year, in Seoul, South Korea, October 23, 2023. REUTERS/Kim Soo-hyeon/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsSEOUL, Oct 28 (Reuters) - A year after 159 Halloween revellers were killed in a crowd crush in South Korea, the capital's night-life district of Itaewon was quiet on Saturday, the area's usual festivities replaced by mourning for those died. Lee Sung-min, who has lived and worked in the Seoul district for years, said he did not even realise it was the Halloween weekend until early Saturday. Many people were still looking for other places to join Halloween festivities, such as Hongdae, another popular spot among the young. "I thought Hongdae would be better than Itaewon to celebrate Halloween with my boyfriend," said Cheon Ye-ji, a 19-year-old student.

Persons: Kim Soo, Lee Sung, Lee, I've, Lee Jung, Cheon, Daewoung Kim, Jimin Jung, Soo, Choi, Helen Popper Our Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Thomson Locations: Itaewon, Seoul, South Korea, Rights SEOUL

☆ Asia markets poised to fall as Fitch lowers U.S. credit ratings
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Lim Hui Jie | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Shoppers at the shopping street in Hongdae district in Seoul, South Korea, on Saturday, July 2, 2022. Asia-Pacific markets are set to largely fall Wednesday after ratings agency Fitch cut the U.S. credit rating from AAA to AA+, citing "expected fiscal deterioration over the next three years." Futures for Australia's S&P/ASX 200 point to a lower open, standing at 7,360 compared to its last close of 7,450. Japan's Nikkei 225 is also set to fall, with the futures contract in Chicago at 33,145 and its counterpart in Osaka at 33,190 against the index's last close of 33,476.58. Hong Kong's Hang Seng index futures stood at 19,892, pointing to a weaker open compared to compared to the HSI's close of 20,011.12.

Persons: Fitch, Tony Sycamore Organizations: AAA, AA, Swiss, New, Australia's, Nikkei Locations: Hongdae, Seoul, South Korea, Asia, Pacific, treasuries, New Zealand, Korea, Chicago, Osaka

☆ Asia-Pacific markets mixed; South Korea economy grows slowest in year
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Abigail Ng | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Shoppers at the shopping street in Hongdae district in Seoul, South Korea, on Saturday, July 2, 2022. Shares in the Asia-Pacific were mixed Thursday as investors digest economic data in the region. The MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was 0.51% higher. South Korea's third-quarter GDP grew 0.3% from the previous quarter, according to official advance data – the slowest growth since the third quarter of 2021. China is due to report industrial profits for September and the Bank of Japan begins its two-day meeting on monetary policy Thursday.

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