Youth, Disaster, and Collective Mourning in South Korea
Society for East Asian AnthropologyBy Shinjung NamOctober 12, 2023 Following the 2022 Halloween crush disaster in Seoul, South Koreans gather to remember the young victims and the nation’s history of human-made disasters and formations of publics in furious mourning. On the eve of December 16, 2022, thousands of people filled the main street of Itaewon,…