Court Allows Limited Gatherings During Hangul Day Holiday

Partial allowance of gatherings during Gaecheonjeol holiday [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Oh Ju-yeon] The court has partially suspended the effect of Seoul City's decision to completely ban gatherings during the Hangul Day holiday and allowed assemblies under limited conditions.

According to the legal community on the 8th, the Seoul Administrative Court Administrative Division 4 (Chief Judge Han Won-kyo) partially accepted two injunction applications filed by Lee Dong-wook, former chairman of the Gyeonggi-do Medical Association, and made this decision.

The court allowed gatherings of up to 50 people including the organizers for both events during the holiday from the 9th to the 11th, while maintaining the ban on assemblies exceeding that number.

The assembly times are permitted on the sidewalk in front of Kyobo Bookstore in Gwanghwamun, Seoul, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., and on the sidewalk in front of Exit 7 of Gyeongbokgung Station from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., respectively.

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