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Published: Dec. 1, 2022, 4 p.m.

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Synopsis: Every first Friday of the month, The Straits Times\' foreign editor Bhagyashree Garekar chats with ST\\u2019s correspondents in the Asia-Pacific, the US and Europe.

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They talk about life as it goes on, amid the screaming headlines and bubbling crises.

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Weeks after 159 people died in a crowd crush in Seoul\\u2019s clubbing district on Halloween, South Korea is preparing for year-end festivities.

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In this episode, she chats with ST\'s South Korea correspondent Chang May Choon.

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Highlights (click/tap above):

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1:13 Seoul will be different this time, after the Itaewon tragedy

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4:35 Ppali, ppali (fast) & skinship: understanding Korean crowd culture

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9:55 Is behaviour changing in the \\u2018subway from hell\\u2019?

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17:05 Has the Itaewon tragedy yielded some lessons?

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Read Chang May Choon\\u2019s article here: https://str.sg/wC5Q

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Produced by: Bhagyashree Garekar (bhagya@sph.com.sg), Ernest Luis, Hadyu Rahim and Fa\\u2019izah Sani

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Edited by: Fa\\u2019izah Sani and Eden Soh

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