Death toll from Itaewon crush rises again to 156

Mourners pay respects at a joint memorial set up near Seoul Plaza in Jung District, central Seoul, on Monday to those who died in the Itaewon crowd crush. [YONHAP]

 
One more death was confirmed from the Halloween crowd crush in central Seoul’s Itaewon on Tuesday, raising the death toll from the tragedy to 156.
 
A Korean woman in her 20s was pronounced dead Tuesday morning, leaving 29 in serious condition, according to officials at the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters.
 
Another 122 people are suffering from minor injuries.  
 
Among the 156 who died in the tragedy, 101 are women and 55 men.

BY CHO JUNG-WOO [cho.jungwoo1@joongang.co.kr]