Gwangjin-gu 'Jangdokgol Children's Park' Designated as No-Alcohol Zone

Jayang-dong Jangdokgol Children's Park Designated as Gwangjin-gu's First No-Alcohol Zone... Drinking and Possession of Open Alcohol Bottles Prohibited in the Zone... 100,000 KRW Fine for Violations... Guidance Period Until December 31, Enforcement from January 1 Next Year

Gwangjin-gu (District Mayor Kim Kyung-ho) has designated Jangdokgol Children's Park (Achasan-ro 40-gil 46) in Jayang-dong as the first no-alcohol zone.

Jangdokgol Children's Park has been a site of continuous complaints due to adults' drinking.

Considering the harmful effects of alcohol consumption on children's health and emotions, the district established provisions for designating no-alcohol zones and imposing fines in the Ordinance on the Promotion and Support of a Healthy Drinking Culture in Gwangjin-gu on October 17 last year. Based on this, on October 4, the district designated Jangdokgol Children's Park as a no-alcohol zone.

According to the ordinance, not only drinking alcohol but also carrying opened alcohol bottles is prohibited in the no-alcohol zone, and violators will be fined 100,000 KRW.

The district plans to conduct enforcement of alcohol prohibition in Jangdokgol Children's Park starting January 1, 2024, after a guidance period until December 31 this year.

Kim Kyung-ho, Mayor of Gwangjin-gu, stated, “We will continue to expand no-alcohol zones in children's parks.” He added, “Since children's parks are spaces where children can play freely, we ask everyone to refrain from drinking and smoking inside the parks.”

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