Pocheon City Activates "Lunar New Year Holiday Comprehensive Plan"... Operating Situation Rooms in 10 Sectors

Operation of 111 Clinics and Pharmacies, Normal Waste Collection

Pocheon City in Gyeonggi Province is implementing the "2026 Lunar New Year Holiday Comprehensive Plan" so that both residents and visitors returning home can enjoy a safe and pleasant holiday during Seollal, the first traditional holiday of the Year of Byeongo (2026).

Overview of Pocheon City Hall. Photo provided by Pocheon City.

To mark the Lunar New Year holiday, the city will operate a total of 10 comprehensive situation teams, focusing on five key areas that are closely related to citizens' daily lives: safety, transportation, daily life services, prices, and sharing.

From February 14 to 18, when the holiday begins, the city will run a comprehensive situation response team to minimize inconvenience for citizens and to respond swiftly to various emergency situations.

In addition, during the holiday period, the city will operate a quarantine countermeasures headquarters to prevent the spread of livestock diseases such as African Swine Fever (ASF). It will inspect the operating conditions of control posts and disinfection posts, and maintain an emergency response system so it can respond immediately to any suspected cases within the jurisdiction, thereby ensuring both livestock safety and peace of mind for citizens.

The city will also strengthen the operation of regional emergency medical centers and general hospital emergency rooms to respond quickly in the event of emergency patients or accidents. To prevent any medical service gaps during the Lunar New Year holiday, it will designate and operate medical institutions and pharmacies that remain open. Two emergency medical institutions, 62 clinics and hospitals, and 49 pharmacies within the city are scheduled to operate as usual on their designated days.

Meanwhile, to keep Pocheon clean and pleasant during the holiday, the city will operate a cleaning task force. From February 14 to 18, this task force will be in operation, and five contracted companies will collect general waste, recyclable waste, and food waste as normal.

Alongside this, the city will operate a price countermeasures team to manage the supply of popular Lunar New Year goods and monitor price trends; a water and sewage countermeasures team responsible for emergency restoration of water supply and sewerage facilities; and a transportation countermeasures team that will continuously monitor traffic conditions and the movement of holiday travelers, all aimed at minimizing inconvenience for citizens.

Furthermore, 14 unmanned civil document issuing machines installed at City Hall, town and township administrative welfare centers, and other locations within the city will operate as usual during the holiday. However, on February 14, services for users outside the city will be temporarily suspended from 12:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. due to the relocation of information resources at the Gyeonggi-do Integrated Data Center. In addition, to improve convenience for visitors returning home and to help revitalize the local economy, paid public parking lots within the city will be open free of charge from Friday, February 13 to Wednesday, February 18.

A Pocheon City official said, "We will do our best to implement comprehensive measures in each sector so that citizens can enjoy a safe and happy Lunar New Year holiday."

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