Live from Seoul Plaza memorial altar: President Yoon Suk-yeol visits altar, more than 40,000 pay ...
Live from Seoul Plaza memorial altar: President Yoon Suk-yeol visits altar, more than 40,000 pay respect at Seoul alters 이 시각 서울광장 합동분향소: 국가애도기간 나흘째... 尹 대통령 3일째 분향소 조문 South Korea's period of national mourning continues for the victims of last weekend's deadly crush in Seoul's Itaewon district that killed 156 people and left dozens more seriously injured. Mourners are continuing to flock to memorial altars to pay their respects to the deceased. Our reporter Song Yoo-jin joins us live from one of the altars. Yoo-jin... people are still coming along to pay their condolences... Hello, Mark. I'm at Seoul Plaza in front of City Hall, only a fifteen-minute drive from Itaewon, where Saturday night's tragedy struck. Our team has been out here from early morning, even before the altar opened. Since then, we've been seeing mourners continuously coming in, laying down flowers and leaving messages of condolences. South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol came here and paid a silent tribute at around 9AM. The president paid a visit to one of the memorial altars for the third day straight. It's been three days since the city government set up this memorial altar. This one runs from 8AM to 10PM everyday until Saturday, the last day of the week-long national period of mourning. As of yesterday at 5PM, 12-thousand-2-hundred-25 people had visited here to say their last goodbyes to those who died. And almost 30-thousand visitors flocked to other memorial sites set up in 25 autonomous districts of Seoul, including the one at Noksapyeong station, close to Itaewon. Representatives of other countries also came to extend their condolences. "This is an unprecedented event that caused so many pain to the family. And the Cambodians, we know quite well because in 2010, we experienced similar situations. So that's why together, we want to pray for the people that have lost their lives and the victims." "It's very sad because young people are the future of every country.")** I think we can all echo those sentiments. Have the authorities provided any updates on the number of casualties? There aren't any updates from yesterday. Data from the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters show that as of 9AM today, the death toll stands at 1-hundred-56. 1-hundred-30 have been identified as Koreans and 26 non-Koreans. The funerals of 68 people have taken place. The number of deaths remains unchanged after a Korean woman in her twenties was the latest victim to be reported earlier yesterday. At least 1-hundred-57 people were listed as being injured and of them, 1-hundred-21 have been discharged from hospital after receiving treatment. There are 33 reportedly still in criticial condition. Back to you Mark. #national_mourning #Itaewon #Arirang_News 📣 Facebook : / arirangtvnews 📣 Twitter : / arirangtvnews 📣 Homepage : http://www.arirang.com/news/News_Inde... 2022-11-02, 12:30 (KST)
