[🇺🇸]‘Safe Christmas and Year-End Holidays’: Seoul to Enforce Special Crowd Control Measures

The Seoul Metropolitan Government will implement “special safety management measures” through January 4 next year in key areas and events expected to draw large crowds during Christmas and the year-end holiday season.

With winter festivals seeing a sharp surge in visitors—about 1.08 million people attending the Gwanghwamun Market and the Seoul Lantern Festival alone—the city has launched preemptive actions to prevent safety incidents in busy districts and event venues.

The safety management plan covers six high-traffic areas where crowds are expected around Christmas, including Myeongdong, the Itaewon Tourism Special Zone, Seongsu-dong Café Street, the Hongdae Tourism Special Zone, Gangnam Station, and Apgujeong Rodeo Street, as well as three major events such as the New Year’s Eve Bell-Ringing Ceremony and sunrise events at Achasan and Namsan.

Through the 24th, the city, district governments, the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, police, and fire authorities will conduct joint inspections focusing on crowd control, traffic measures, rescue and emergency systems, and facility safety.

On December 24–25 and December 31, Seoul plans to monitor on-site conditions in real time using the disaster safety communication network and a mobile situation room, and to immediately notify citizens if risks arise. On the day of the New Year’s Eve Bell-Ringing Ceremony—an event that draws more than 100,000 people annually—an emergency duty system will be activated to reinforce order and on-site safety management.

The city aims to ensure that residents and visitors can enjoy the year-end holiday season more safely through these measures.

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