Police Crack Down on Unlicensed Entertainment Venue in Gangnam, Seoul...Caught After Rival Business Reported It

Photo by Seoul Suseo Police Station

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Jung-yoon] An unlicensed entertainment bar in Gangnam, Seoul, which has been operating without requiring entry logs or serving unvaccinated customers against COVID-19, was caught by the police.

According to the police on the 17th, the Suseo Police Station in Seoul raided an unlicensed entertainment bar in Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam-gu, at around 10:30 p.m. the previous day, detaining the owner, the business manager, and four hostesses for violating the Food Sanitation Act. Additionally, four customers and four other employees were reported to the district office for violating military service regulations.

The establishment has been operating since November last year, targeting unvaccinated customers and those reluctant to fill out electronic entry logs as its main clientele. The entertainment bar caught in the raid was found to have disregarded even the minimum quarantine rules such as maintaining visitor logs and QR codes. The thermometer available at the venue was also found to be non-functional.

This entertainment bar, unaware that a competing business had changed its type to a Hold'em pub, reported to the police requesting a crackdown on the competitor for operating an unlicensed entertainment bar, aiming to increase its own sales, but ended up being caught itself. The police also raided the Hold'em pub for violating the Infectious Disease Control and Prevention Act due to poor management of visitor logs.

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