Police said Wednesday they would charge with negligence the organizer of a New Kids on the Block concert during which a teenage girl was killed and more than 50 people were injured in a stampede.
About 200 screaming fans had rushed the stage during the U.S. pop group's concert Monday at Seoul's Olympic Gymnastic Hall, which police say was overcrowded.Park Jung-yun, 17, died early Wednesday of injuries suffered in the stampede. She had been listed as brain dead since her heart stopped beating on Monday.
Police said Hong Hyon-pyo, chief organizer of the concert, could face up to two years in prison if convicted of negligence.
Hong, 35, president of Sorabul Records, was questioned by police for allegedly having sold 4,000 more tickets than he was authorized to sell.
The concert hall was packed with about 16,000 fans for the concert.
Culture Ministry officials, under mounting public criticism of "decadent foreign music and culture," said Wednesday that they may reject a promoter's plan to sponsor a concert by pop singer Michael Jackson in Seoul in May.