SEOUL
\nForeign leaders expressed condolences over the deadly crowd surge in Seoul\u2019s Itaewon district, with at least 20 foreign nationals from as many as a dozen countries among those killed in the crush in a popular nightspot.
\nSouth Korea\u2019s President Yoon Suk-yeol declared a period of national mourning on Sunday after the Halloween crush on Saturday night killed some 153 people.
\nSouth Korea\u2019s Ministry of Interior and Safety put the total at 20 foreign nationals killed. A ministry official told Reuters that among the dead were people from China, Iran, Russia, the United States, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Kazakhstan, Australia, Sri Lanka, and Norway, with several people still unidentified.
\nTwo Japanese nationals, a woman in her twenties and another woman between the age of 10 and 19, were confirmed to have died in the crush, an official at Japan\u2019s foreign ministry said.
\n\u201cI am greatly shocked and deeply saddened by the loss of many precious lives, including young people with a bright future, as a result of the very tragic accident,\u201d Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said in a statement.
\nAt least four Chinese nationals were among those killed, Xinhua news agency reported, citing the Chinese embassy in Seoul.
\n\u201cOn behalf of the Chinese government and people, I would like to express deep condolences to the victims and extend sincere condolences to their families and the injured,\u201d President Xi Jinping said in a letter, according to Xinhua.
\nXi said some Chinese citizens were also injured, and hoped South Korea \u201cwill make every effort to cure and deal with the aftermath.\u201d
\nFour Russian citizens died, the RIA news agency reported, citing the Russian embassy in South Korea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
SEOUL Foreign leaders expressed condolences over the deadly crowd surge in Seoul\u2019s Itaewon district, with at least 20 foreign nationals from as many as a dozen countries among those killed in the crush in a popular nightspot. South Korea\u2019s President Yoon Suk-yeol declared a period of national mourning on Sunday after the Halloween crush on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":292585,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-292559","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n