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S1E18: As the festive season nears, is Seoul gearing up for crowds again? : Letter from the Bureau
Synopsis: Every first Friday of the month, The Straits Times' foreign editor Bhagyashree Garekar chats with ST’s correspondents in the Asia-Pacific, the US and Europe.
They talk about life as it goes on, amid the screaming headlines and bubbling crises.
Weeks after 159 people died in a crowd crush in Seoul’s clubbing district on Halloween, South Korea is preparing for year-end festivities.
In this episode, she chats with ST's South Korea correspondent Chang May Choon.
Highlights (click/tap above):
1:13 Seoul will be different this time, after the Itaewon tragedy
4:35 Ppali, ppali (fast) &…
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