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Weekend: South Korea: Horrific stampede in Seoul

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South Korea: Horrific stampede in Seoul

30/10/2022 GMT

BBC World Service - Weekend, South Korea: Horrific stampede in Seoul

151 people have died - most victims were teenagers and adults in their 20s.

South Korea is in mourning following the deaths of more than 150 people who'd been celebrating Halloween. President Yoon has promised a thorough investigation of the crush in a narrow alley in the capital, Seoul.

And anti government protests in Iran. 

Today, we're joined - for the rest of the programme - by Azadeh Moaveni, an Iranian-American writer and director of the Gender and Conflict Project at the International Crisis Group think-tank and by Simon Lancaster, a British speechwriter and author.

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