The Yongsan Fire Department chief said that 100 more were injured after people flocked to festivities in the Itaewon neighborhood.
Officials say people were crushed to death after a large crowd began pushing forward in a narrow alley near Hamilton Hotel, a major party spot in Seoul.
The National Fire Agency separately said in a statement that officials were still trying to determine the exact number of emergency patients. In one section, paramedics were seen checking the status of a dozen or more people who lied motionless under blue blankets. Some local media reports earlier said the crush happened after a large number of people rushed to an Itaewon bar after hearing an unidentified celebrity visited there.
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