At the tenth annual commemoration of the 4.16 Sewol Ferry Disaster in Ansan in 2024 last year, I was struck by how bereaved families of older mass deaths across Korea joined forces to collectively keep their issues alive in the public eye. While they have created an amazing network of support, giant hurdles remain with the messy historical narrative of the mass deaths themselves. The beginnings, causes, agents, and implications all remain deeply controversial and sensitive in a country society that continues to base civic responsibilities on how they may or may not affect national stability vis-a-vis North Korea. I compare the recent Sewol 4.16 Disaster and the Itaewon 10.29 Tragedy in what I call “youth deathscapes” that emerge from the state and society’s failure to maintain safety and public empathy as signals of a strained democracy. This chapter explores some potential causes for these deaths and how survivors are compelled to create new, alternative spaces of mourning where they may come to terms with the dead while undergoing social or political duress.