The opposition party blames the president for the Itaewon catastrophe

Only a few hours after news of a deadly crowd crush in central Seoul's Itaewon broke last month, Nam Young-hee, vice president of the Institute for Democracy, a think tank affiliated with the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK), concluded that President Yoon Suk-yeol and his safety minister were to blame and demanded their immediate resignation.

The remark, made while police and emergency personnel were still gatherin....