In shock and grief, South Koreans are mourning the losses of innocent young lives at Saturday night’s deadly crowd surge in Itaewon. At least 154 people -- most of them in their 20s -- died in the country’s worst disaster in years. The narrow alleyway where the fatal stampede took place is still blocked for police investigation. But not far from the disaster site, flowers, messages and beverages have been laid out on the ground in memory of the deceased. Mourning altars have been set

A Bangkok Skytrain is shown on Sunday advertising Samsung Electronics’ newest Galaxy Z Flip4 smartphone on its exterior. Samsung launched a campaign with Google to put full exterior advertisements created by a Thai designer on four of Bangkok’s Skytrains on its busiest line to promote the two companies. The promotion will run until January 2023, according to Samsung.

Japanese models pose for a photo after wearing fashion items from South Korean street fashion brand Nerdy at Rakuten GirlsAward 2022 in Tokyo, one of the three largest fashion events in the city. Nerdy was invited as a special brand for the show’s finale.

Autumn has arrived across Korea in the middle of October, showing various views full of colors. From the southern resort island of Jeju to Chilbosan mountain in northeastern North Korea, autumn scenery of ripened fruits, autumn flowers, fall foliage, early frost and silver grasses are found in each part of the peninsula. Here are some photos of the mid-October scenes taken in mountains and parks across Korea.

Bibongi, the last Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin held in captivity in South Korea, was returned to the wild after 17 years. The government said on Sunday it had released Bibongi, at 9:40 a.m. in the sea after 70 days of training. There were a total of eight in domestic aquariums in 2012, but seven returned to nature from 2013 to 2017.

An advertising campaign video for kimchi, co-produced by South Korea's leading kimchi maker Daesang and Seo Kyung-duk, an expert in promoting Korea overseas, plays in New York's Times Square on Monday. Under the slogan, "Taste the original," the campaign aims to promote Korea as the originator of kimchi as well as customer awareness worldwide.  

K-pop singers met with the audience at a K-pop concert titled “The-K Concert” on Friday at the Jamsil Olympic Stadium in southern Seoul. Jointly hosted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and its affiliated private Korean Foundation for International Cultural Exchange, the festival has been held annually to promote Hallyu, or the Korean Wave.

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The 53rd Air Demonstration Group of the Korean Air Force, nicknamed the Black Eagles, demonstrates a flying stunt at the ceremony to mark South Korea's 74th Armed Forces Day on Saturday. The event held at the Gyeryongdae military headquarters, 160 kilometers south of Seoul. (Yonhap)

President Yoon Suk-yeol on Saturday takes part in a military parade held at the ceremony to mark South Korea's 74th Armed Forces Day, held at the Gyeryongdae military headquarters, 160 kilometers south of Seoul. (Yonhap)

A giant yellow rubber duck, created by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman, sits on Seokchon Lake in Songpa-gu, southeastern Seoul, Thursday. The art installment, which has returned to Korea after eight years, will be on public display until Oct. 31.

A group of haenyeo, female divers with age-old ocean harvesting skills, marches in a parade to celebrate the 15th Jeju Haenyeo Festival that kicked off on Saturday in Jeju Island. The two-day event has resumed after a three-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandmic. (Yonhap)

A guide dog walks with a trainer during a press event at Samsung Guide Dog School in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, Tuesday. Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance held the event to celebrate the 29th anniversary of the program, a pet project of the late Samsung Group Chairman Lee Kun-hee. Dogs for eight people were assigned to people after being trained for years. (Samsung Electronics)

Posco Group Chairman Choi Jeong-woo (right) joins efforts to remove mud and debris at the steel giant’s plant in the southeastern city of Pohang on Saturday. Posco said it aims to fully normalize operations of the typhoon-hit plant by early December. (Posco)

This photo provided by Posco on Thursday shows inside of a submerged steelmaking plant in Pohang, North Gyeongsang Province, on Sept. 6, when up to 110 millimeters of rain per hour was recorded in the region. Repair work is underway, the company said, targeting a full recovery in three months, after it resumed operations of three furnaces earlier this week. Flooded electricity connections dealt a heavy blow to the steelmaker, as power utilities are mostly located underneath the plants. Only 37 p