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will report on a rare unanimous vote in the security council. ah, i melissa janet, thanks for joining us. it has been exactly 6 months since the halloween night disaster in soul south korea. when some 160 people died in a crowd crush in the popular party district, if you say one big questions remain about why so few police officers were on duty that night and why emergency workers failed to respond in a timely manner. for one family who lost their son, the tragedy has been compounded by online abuse, simply for demanding government accountability. as a warning, this report contains references to suicide and death, which some viewers may find distressing. chill me on can no

longer hug her son. his clothes will have to do my name. heard it. i love you so much. she says lead johan died in the crush during halloween celebrations last october in downtown sole. cho long's to see him again. some days. she plays a song he recorded for her birthday. ah mo lee's father mourns in his own way. he stands outside the family's apartment for hours at a time, just like he did that night, waiting for his son, who never returned. his wife says he's tried to commit suicide several times

with the i although yet he don't, i don't understand how this happened to us. so and i feel like the sadness grows as time goes on. i thought that as time passed, i think the sadness would decrease and the memories would fade superbly to another . god, i was, it got kicked out a deal, but rather sadness only grows and memories become clearer because i must know the truth about that day. could that i was specifically, would it kill good thought, but at physical 6 months on the family feels no closer to that truth. and after publicly demanding answers from politicians, they say they've been targeted by online abusers who mock their grief. more highlights, the ticket was accusing that they said things like those kids went to play at a ghost party for halloween. why should be more nat geo? what?

good honestly got. oh, are you trying to make money off your dead children's bodies take out in that 10 argument. hm. yeah. wherever i go, who did i am stabbed in the heart with such hateful comments off an online? yeah. give it a awesome because you were lost though. if you're looking for new lead don't tool is now a well known face of the a to one families. they hold regular protests in front of the narrow alley where their children died. oh, they want to know details from that night why more wasn't done despite emergency calls, that disaster was imminent. experts say souls conservative government is worried. such criticism could hurt them at the ballot box. for the unco, it's a double tragedy. that's nearly unbearable. ah, a walk through the alley where their son died,

brings their grief to the surface again. ah you buttonwood woman, i go for bereaved families, lagossi the secondary abused by citizens and politicians as snappy nor hard shambles by northern utah. at this nearby memorial wall, they do find notes, offering love and support, but its little comfort. when so much about the night, their sunday night still remains unknown. joining us is journalist sir. one cool, thanks for coming on the program. so we've been reporting on president jim sic y'all's visit to the us this past week where it's been all smiles and lots of success about it's been more in terms of a, on the homefront, more trouble for him. some of it because of this ha,

one tragedy. can you talk to us about where things stand when it comes to government accountability? well the tell them tragedy, as you know, has been one of the greatest disasters to have been in south korea. in the last several years. i have on the same level of significance as in 2014 very thinking they claim more than 300 lives. because in this case, any to many of the victims were young people in their twenties and song, their thirty's. so the impact on korean society and politics has been tremendous. and of course, as many things tend to be in south korea, any situation of the significance is going to cause a great deal of political divide. the government has been quite adamant from the beginning that the responsibility for the disaster does not extend to the highest levels of the administration. but of course, the opposition argues that the greatest lane lies with the president himself. and

we have seen for the last several months, this political bickering taking place and perhaps taking even precedence over what exactly happened. you tell on that day at the end of october last year. what are the victims, families demanding? well, their demands are quite straightforward. they would like to have a memorial dedicated to the victims either in the vicinity of the 2 on the says, or maybe some are more politically significant. and also they are calling for what they call a full and transparent investigation into the government handling of the disaster. actually the government itself had its own investigation that concluded in january and they ended up charging about 20. some people we various charges are mostly dereliction of duty. we're talking about kind of low to mid level officials from the police and fire station located around the world and your son area,

which includes the telephone. but the question of course is, is really enough, or are there higher ups in the government, for example, the interior minister, who should also be held accountable and perhaps lose his job. and that, that is something that we're certainly not seeing at the moment. not seeing at the moment, but how likely might happen in the future. well, if the things tend to go, it's probably not very likely. you must understand that in south korea, there is a considerable number of people who believe that the government in fact should not be held accountable because one, this is an event that was not form or the, or officially organized by any government entity. and there are also people who argue that should the government b called responsible whenever there is that there are young people going out and

ending up in trouble. and i'm certainly not saying that i agree with these people, but this perspective is certainly there. and it has been very vocal can we also talk a little bit about online harassment culture in south korea? what this family an important we just air goes through. and it reminds me as an american of the experience of sandy hook families, the school children from that mass shooting. and then what those parents had to deal with online denials that their children ever died and terrible stuff like that is it is harassment culture online. a serious issue in south korea, it is serious and it is extreme. korea is such a wire country. i mean, we're looking at almost 100 percent in terms of mobile phone usage in south korea, most people are online. twitter is very popular and that's where you will see

a lot of this harassment that you're describing. and again, going back to the scene that i raised earlier, the fact that this disaster is become so politicized in means that you will see supporters of the government going after the families. and they see any demand for transparency or accountability as a direct attack on the administration. and they, we go to the fullest extent possible to discredit the families. and then of course, we see the other side of the political spectrum, supporters of the opposition, who will be leveling a tax on the government using also quite extreme language. so yes, i think it is appropriate to draw a parallel between the situation and what happened with the family in the u. s. i wouldn't cook. thank you so much for joining us on the program. ah,

the un security council has unanimously approved a resolution calling on afghanistan taliban rulers to reverse their crack down on the rights of women and girls. specifically the resolution condemned the islamists ban on afghan women working for the united nations. it is just one of the ways the taliban have removed women from afghanistan's public life. a resolution co sponsored by over 90 states condemns the dallas months trigger policy towards women and girls in afghanistan. it says that taliban banner flash woman with law working for the united nations were undermines humanitarian principle. if this cross regional support makes our fundamental message to day even more significant, the world will not sit by silently as women in afghanistan are erased from society . almost 2 thirds of a plan to san 40000000 people depend on it. and the un which employs it on $400.00

of con woman, is one of the very few sources of 8 left in the country. last december. the taliban, bad. it groups from employing women. a move that pushed many of these organizations to cross down. there. i've gone. but asians for now the you and has refused to bow down. but it's if the band would affect the desperately needed it and even lead door, you went pull out from the country since the taliban took or what? in august 2021. they have been education of girls, of the 6th grade, prohibited women from working in most jobs and severely distracted their brethren in public life. the un born is this could have devastating consequences. the full equal, meaningful, unsafe participation of women and girls is in disposable. if f garnishment is truly have a peaceful and prosperous future and enjoy long term development,

that is strict unless i'm needed optical, in that valuable attempt to gain political recognition. it's leverage the international community is trying to use to pressure the taliban to change it through. even though of god, women have lost that i do work to study and to exit. public space is the biggest worry now for minis. how to fit the and the taliban. lack of flexibility, but me put the delivery of it, the lifeline for millions of of guns in jeopardy. thank you for watching. ah. someone else to the tv highlights of selected for you? you every week in you a box. subscribe. now. will you become a criminal m franklin? i already knows with

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