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The city of Seoul is making every effort to ensure safety in six areas where crowds are expected to be high in the city
On the afternoon of the 24th, Christmas Eve, citizens fill the streets of Myeong-dong, Jung-gu, Seoul. Reporter Jaewon Moon
On Christmas Eve, the 24th, up to 290,000 people gathered in six downtown areas of Seoul, according to analysis. Myeong-dong in particular was crowded with about 100,000 people. On the afternoon of the 25th, Christmas Day, nearly 110,000 people flocked to Jamsil. The city of Seoul predicted that crowds would be concentrated throughout the city by tonight and made extensive efforts to ensure security.
According to real-time Seoul city data, at 7:00 p.m. on the 24th, 96,000 people gathered in the Myeong-dong Special Tourist Zone around Myeong-dong Street. This is a 45% increase compared to the same period on the 22nd, just before the holiday. The crowd in Myeongdong was about 60,000 people at 9 p.m. on the 24th.
At the same time, 90,000 people gathered in the Hongdae Special Tourist Zone, 42,000 in Gangnam Station, 30,000 in Konkuk University Station, 28,000 in Seongsu Cafe Street and 12,000 in Itaewon Special Tourist Zone, with a maximum of about 290,000 people in six areas. It seems to have been achieved.
Myeong-dong, where a maximum of 82,000 people gathered on Christmas Eve last year and a maximum of 79,000 people on Christmas Day, was crowded with more than 74,000 people at 5:00 p.m. on the 25th. On the 24th, the streets of Myeong-dong as well as the Seoul Central Post Office and opposite the main branch of Shinsegae Department Store were full of people looking at the media facade and crowds of people moving.
Accordingly, a safety fence was installed in the bottleneck area and a pump truck was used to prepare for emergency situations, acting as both a fire truck and an ambulance.
On the 25th, a large crowd gathered around Jamsil. The Jamsil special tourist zone recorded a maximum of 110,000 people around 5 p.m. The Hongdae special tourist zone also attracted around 94,000 people as of 6 p.m.
The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced that it has started controlling the accident scene by increasing the safety management personnel from each autonomous district, police, fire department, Seoul Transportation Corporation and other related organizations to about 1,073 people per day at six locations, including Myeong-dong, has increased. A CC (closed circuit TV) television with crowd detection was also deployed, which automatically detects crowd density per unit area and informs people in advance of dangerous situations.
Police deployed personnel, including riot police and traffic police, to Myeong-dong, 220 to Mapo, including Hongdae, 180 to Yongsan, including Itaewon, and 100 to the Gangnam Station and Apgujeong Rodeo areas.
In addition, in areas where a concentration of crowds is expected during the Christmas holidays, such as: B. Ikseon-dong, Kyung Hee University, the area around the University of Foreign Studies, the area around Suyu Station, the area around Mia Junction Station, etc. In the area around Mokdong Station, in the area around Balsan Station, in the Safety measures have been implemented in Jamsil Special Tourist Zone and Cheonho Station area after two previous consultations. It has been prepared.
Choi Jin-seok, head of the Seoul City Disaster and Safety Management Office, said: “We analyzed real-time city data in Seoul to confirm the concentration of people in Myeong-dong last year, and have the Myeong-dong region’s highest “We will do our best to ensure security until Christmas Day.” “He said.
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