Illegal Advertisement Cleanup Around Kindergartens, Elementary and Middle Schools in Jongno-gu

Comprehensive Cleanup of Illegal Advertisements Around Schools Until the 24th... Targeting 60 Educational Institutions Including Kindergartens, Elementary, Middle, High, and Special Schools

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Jongno-gu (District Mayor Kim Young-jong) has been conducting a "Comprehensive Cleanup of Illegal Advertisements Around Schools at the Start of the Semester" targeting 60 educational institutions including kindergartens, elementary, middle, high schools, and special schools from the 4th to the 24th of this month.

The cleanup conducted to welcome the new semester aims to prevent students from being exposed to provocative advertising content and to avoid various safety accidents such as falling old signboards.

The district plans to contribute to creating a safe and pleasant commuting environment and building a community where residents can live with peace of mind.

A joint cleanup team patrols the school commuting routes around educational institutions daily, focusing especially on accident-prone areas with heavy vehicle traffic within child protection zones and areas around entertainment establishments and lodging facilities.

Through enforcement, banners, posters, and mobile illegal advertisements that threaten traffic safety are immediately removed upon discovery, and obscene, decadent, or provocative advertisements harmful to youth are subject to fines and are destroyed immediately upon detection.

Additionally, for unsafe or old illegal signboards, advertisers are encouraged to reinforce or remove them; if they refuse, orders for voluntary cleanup, warnings, and imposition of enforcement fines are carried out.

Meanwhile, since 2013, Jongno-gu has conducted comprehensive cleanups of illegal outdoor advertisements around educational institutions every spring and fall in line with school openings.

As a result, a total of 19,363 illegal advertisements including signboards, banners, and posters have been removed, leading efforts to eliminate factors harmful to youth around schools.

District Mayor Kim Young-jong said, “We conduct steady annual comprehensive cleanups of illegal outdoor advertisements around schools, focusing on harmful advertisements to youth and poor or old signboards along commuting routes. We will do our best to provide a safe commuting environment for students and a comfortable walking environment for residents.”

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.