South Korea parliament approves new inquiry into deadly 2022 crowd crush

FILE PHOTO: Clerics and families of victims who have died in the Halloween crowd crush a year ago, shout slogans during a rally to commemorate one year anniversary of deadly Halloween crowd crush, at Seoul City Hall Plaza in Seoul, South Korea, October 29, 2023. REUTERS/Kim Soo-hyeon/File Photo

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's National Assembly voted on Thursday to approve a bill backed by the ruling and opposition parties to launch a fresh probe into the deadly Halloween crowd crush in the capital Seoul in 2022.

An earlier bill, which was backed by the opposition-led parliament without the support of the ruling People Power Party (PPP), was vetoed by President Yoon Suk Yeol in January.