Changwon Special City Conducts Safety Inspections at Crowded Places Ahead of Jinhae Gunhangje Festival

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Ha Jongmok, the 1st Deputy Mayor of Changwon Special City, Gyeongnam, conducted a safety inspection on the 14th at major tourist sites and crowded places where the Jinhae Gunhangje Festival will be held, ten days before the opening of the 61st Jinhae Gunhangje Festival.

Deputy Mayor Ha visited Gyeonghwa Station, Yeojwacheon Stream, and Jinhaeru, where the largest crowds gather during the Jinhae Gunhangje Festival, received reports on the main event plans and crowd dispersion measures, and inspected the sites together with the Safety General Manager and the Tourism Director.

Ha Jongmok, the First Deputy Mayor of Changwon Special City, Gyeongnam, conducted a safety inspection at major tourist attractions and crowded places where the Jinhae Gunhangje Festival is held.

This inspection was arranged to ensure the safe conduct of the Jinhae Gunhangje Festival, which is expected to attract about 4.5 million tourists as it resumes after four years, amid growing concerns about safety accidents due to crowd congestion following last year's Itaewon incident.

In particular, Deputy Mayor Ha received a report on operating the Yeojwacheon area, a representative cherry blossom spot in Jinhae-gu, as a car-free street with one-way pedestrian traffic flow, and ordered more definite crowd dispersion measures.

In response, the person in charge explained the recently introduced ‘Mobile Warning System’ and expressed confidence, saying, “Using this device, alarms loud enough to overpower on-site noise can be transmitted up to 1 km away.”

At Jinhaeru, where the marine fireworks show will take place, Deputy Mayor Ha carefully inspected safety facilities to prevent accidents caused by crowd congestion and requested thorough management.

Deputy Mayor Ha said, “Social interest in safety has increased significantly since last year’s Itaewon incident. As more people than usual are expected to gather at the Jinhae Gunhangje Festival, which is being held for the first time in four years, we will mobilize all administrative power from the preparation stage to the closing to ensure there are no small gaps and do our best in safety management.”

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