The 17th Busan Fireworks Festival Indefinitely Postponed... Considering Crowd Safety and Mourning Period

Busan Fireworks Festival scene.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] The Busan Fireworks Festival, which was scheduled during the mourning period for the Itaewon accident, has been postponed indefinitely.

Busan City held an emergency countermeasure meeting on the 31st regarding the Itaewon accident that occurred on the 29th, and announced that the 17th Busan Fireworks Festival, scheduled to be held around Gwangalli Beach on November 5, will be postponed indefinitely.

This year's Busan Fireworks Festival was planned to be held normally for the first time in three years due to COVID-19. Various programs such as fireworks busking, talk shows, invited overseas fireworks shows, and Busan multimedia fireworks shows were planned to provide comfort and vitality to the audience, but Busan City stopped the scheduled event considering citizens' safety and the mourning period.

Busan City will decide whether to resume the festival while monitoring changes in the situation.

Park Hyung-joon, Mayor of Busan, said, "We express our deep condolences for the Itaewon accident and wish a speedy recovery to the injured," and added, "We ask for the understanding and cooperation of the citizens regarding the decision to postpone the Busan Fireworks Festival scheduled for November 5 indefinitely in accordance with the national mourning period."

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