Museum Struggles With Nuisance Runners, Issues Plea

Runners can easily be spotted in various parts of Seoul.

However, there is a museum that has been suffering from a headache because of this.

It is the National Palace Museum of Korea, located right next to Gyeongbokgung Palace.

The museum recently posted a notice on its official social media asking runners to temporarily stop using its luggage storage service.

This is because the surrounding areas of Gyeongbokgung Palace, the Blue House, and Cheonggyecheon Stream have emerged as popular running courses, leading to a series of instances where some runners leave their bags or running shoes at the museum's free lockers and stay away for a long time.

As a result, actual visitors who came to see the exhibitions ended up unable to use the locker facilities.

The museum stated that the lockers are spaces provided for the convenience of exhibition visitors, and asked people to refrain from storing items for long periods for personal errands unrelated to viewing exhibitions, such as running.

Upon hearing the news, netizens reacted critically, commenting, "There are paid lockers nearby, so why do they have to use the museum?" and "Runners are turning running culture into a nuisance culture themselves."

(Photo: National Palace Museum of Korea SNS)
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