It's like looking for a needle in a desert for non-natives trying to track down missing loved ones.

At least 154 people were murdered and hundreds more were injured in a mob crush on Saturday night at Itaewon Station, and many more people are still missing. An Iranian guy stared in shock in front of a memorial altar set up nearby.

There, he would offer condolences to the families of his Iranian friends who had recently passed away.

On Monday, he informed The Korea Times under anonymity, "I knew four of them" (fi....