I was in Itaewon when this happened. I support things like these and have used it to criticize my “free” government. This is a shame and no one should die like that. We’re one step away from becoming the north

Very sorry to hear that. The fact that this happened is truly alarming, hopefully safety measures will be taken in order to prevent these tragedies. As for governments controlling narratives, people will always find a way to work around them. We'll just have to wait and see if this concept has any large-scale effect.

On what basis are you claiming that there was censorship or suppression by the government? It was very hotly talked about all over the news in SK

Personal reports from people in South Korea.

Here's an nbc piece on the tragedy, it also notes the taboo nature of bringing this up.

“The Korean government has a long history of censoring, erasing and
misremembering any event that might be considered shameful,” said Areum
Jeong, author of an upcoming book on the aftermath of the Sewol ferry
disaster. “Creating a memorial would be admitting that there is
something to document.” 

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/south-korea-halloween-crush-mourning-rcna55854

This was a horrible event and I am deeply saddened for my friends’ motherland of South Korea. Just for my understanding, what is the end goal for these protesters? Once their voices are heard, what exactly do they want from the sk govt?

I believe they want the government to take accountability. Make up for the hurt this caused. Regardless of what they want out of this situation, I believe it’s our human right to express our honest opinions and protest. Governments should not deprive us of that.

It absolutely is and freedom of speech should absolutely be protected and promoted. Is accountability in a form of government paying the families money? If a more strict policies are established to monitor crowds, would this satisfy the protesters? Are they expecting the President to step down? I’m not from there so I would like to learn the protesters/families point of view.

They’re demanding that Yoon Suk Yeol steps down. People aren’t willing to forgive the government’s incompetence. The government on the other hand, isn’t taking demands, putting 11.000+ police officers in Seoul to prevent anti-government protests, when they haven’t deployed them to prevent the crowd crush.

Idk about this event specifically, but on a general tangent: isn't the SK government extremely plutocratic? There are democratic elements, but isn't it effectively a democracy mixed with a corporate oligarchy with a few corporations having a lot of influence? My source is just a couple of YouTube videos I've watched such as from economics explained so I'm not sure

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