Disaster Alert 'Pollution' That Disturbs Early Morning Sleep... Park Su-young Calls It "Administrative Convenience-Oriented Thinking"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Ji-eun] It has been revealed that the average number of disaster alert messages sent daily by central government ministries and local governments this year reached 126.

On the 5th, Park Soo-young, a member of the People Power Party, announced that an analysis of the Ministry of the Interior and Safety and the National Disaster Safety Portal site showed that from the beginning of this year (end of January to end of September), central government ministries and local governments sent a total of 34,679 disaster alert messages.

This amounts to about 126 messages per day. The central government and local governments sent 654 and 34,025 disaster alert messages respectively. The single largest number of messages sent in one day during the investigation period was 781 on the 2nd of last month.

The problem is that the excessive issuance of disaster alert messages is causing fatigue among the public. Park pointed out, "Citizens are being forcibly exposed to messages sent by the government or local governments during daily activities such as driving, meetings, schools, or libraries, and the excessive sending of disaster alert messages is increasing fatigue."

It was also found that receiving disaster alert messages in the early morning hours is not uncommon. Currently, the sending time for disaster alert messages related to cold waves, strong winds, high waves, dryness, heat waves, yellow dust, and fine dust is set to daytime (06:00?21:00), but there is no such time restriction for infectious diseases like COVID-19.

On the 3rd of last month, out of a total of 395 messages sent, 61 were sent during nighttime hours (21:00?06:00), and among these, 51 were sent during the early morning hours (24:00?06:00). Park criticized, "An administrative convenience-oriented mindset is making citizens suffer," and urged, "The government should create and inform the public of visible measures such as managing sending times and providing guidance on how to refuse receiving messages, beyond just appeals to 'please endure' or 'please cooperate.'"

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