Pohang City Cancels October's 'International Light Festival' and Marine Corps Culture Festival Together

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Park Dong-wook] Pohang City in Gyeongbuk announced on the 6th that it will completely cancel the region's representative festival, the "17th Pohang International Fireworks Festival," which was scheduled to be held in October, due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic.

The original date for this year's Pohang International Fireworks Festival was in May, but it was postponed once to open on October 16 due to the spread of COVID-19.

With just over two months left until the event, and concerns about a possible second wave of infections in the fall, Pohang City explained that it judged it would be difficult to perfectly control the movement and crowding of tourists if a large-scale outdoor festival were held.

Mayor Lee Kang-deok of Pohang stated, "Although this year's festival was inevitably canceled due to unavoidable circumstances, we will strive to enhance the quality of festival content befitting a Korean cultural tourism festival and prepare a richer and more diverse program for next year's festival."

Meanwhile, the Pohang Marine Corps Cultural Festival was also ultimately canceled after being postponed twice from the original April schedule to June and September to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

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