Goheung-gun to Scale Down Residents' Day Event Following 'Itaewon Accident'

Initially planned 2-day events including the eve ceremony to be scaled down to only the commemorative ceremony and vision proclamation ceremony

[Goheung=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Shim Jeong-woo] Jeonnam Goheung-gun (Governor Gong Young-min) announced on the 31st that it held an emergency countermeasure meeting on the 30th regarding the Seoul Itaewon accident and decided to significantly downscale the 48th Goheung Residents' Day Harmony Festival.

This Residents' Day event, held for the first time in four years, was planned as a large-scale harmony festival with about 62,000 residents and hometown friends from various regions, starting with a pre-event on October 31 and followed by a Residents' Harmony Sports Festival on November 1.

However, at the emergency countermeasure meeting held one day before the event, it was decided to cancel the main events to mourn the victims of the Itaewon accident and share the nation's sorrow, and to hold only a simplified Residents' Day commemorative ceremony and vision proclamation ceremony.

Gong Young-min, Governor of Goheung-gun, presided over the emergency countermeasure meeting and said, "I pray for the repose of those who passed away in the Itaewon accident and wish a speedy recovery for those injured." He emphasized to the staff, "Please pay special attention to safety management for events with large gatherings, and until the situation is resolved, approach your work with the same heart as the victims' families."

Goheung=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Shim Jeong-woo hss79@asiae.co.kr

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