The first emergency call about trouble at Itaewon came in the early evening ... coming up the narrow alley by Hamilton Hotel and Shopping Mall, and mixing with people leaving the area as well ...

Park said Itaewon always had large Halloween crowds, even during raging COVID-19 infections last year. He said shop owners like him usually avoid the narrow alley beside Hamilton Hotel during ...

The alley doesn't even have a name ... On one side is the high, featureless wall of the Hamilton Hotel rising ten storeys. On the other, a cluster of small shops. A green sign marks "Milano ...