Martial Arts, Trade Center Safety Strengthened to Prepare for Year-End Holiday Crowds

Additional Deployment of Control Agents and Security Personnel

Korea International Trade Association Trade Tower exterior / Photo by Korea International Trade Association

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Pyeonghwa] The Korea International Trade Association announced on the 27th that it will strengthen safety measures around the Trade Center in Samseong-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, anticipating large crowds visiting during the year-end and New Year holidays.

The Trade Center is a large-scale complex facility visited by approximately 130,000 people daily. Around the year-end and New Year period, the number of visitors to COEX Mall, exhibition halls (performances), theaters, and the aquarium tends to surge.

Accordingly, the Trade Association has selected concert venues and other places where large crowds gather simultaneously as priority inspection targets to implement enhanced safety activities. Control and security personnel will be increased by 20% compared to usual to prepare for crowd surges after performances. If congestion at the Trade Center becomes severe, non-stop passage through Samseong Station on Subway Line 2 and Bongeunsa Station on Line 9 will also be implemented.

Jung Manki, Vice Chairman of the Trade Association, stated, "We will cooperate organically with safety officials in offices, shopping malls, hotels, department stores, and subway stations," adding, "Starting next year, we plan to promote the smartization of safety activities by introducing intelligent CCTV and mobile-based portable CCTV systems."

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