Fireworks illuminate the night sky in Seoul as the city celebrates the 2024 Seoul International Fireworks Festival. The show is the largest firework display ever in the country, and one million people are expected to gather to watch it,

Oh Soo-taek, 64, who said he has been coming to the festival with his wife for three years, found the place already crowded when they got there at 2 p.m. but said it was exciting to be part of an event bringing so many families and friends together.

Police deployed 2,400 officers to maintain order in Seoul, following a Halloween crowd crush in 2022 that killed 159 people A large fireworks festival in South Korea drawing a massive crowd on Saturday has snarled traffic through its busy capital,