25 Events Including "BIGBANG World Tour" Subject to Special Crowd Management; Ministry of the Interior and Safety Strengthens Safety Inspections

The Ministry of the Interior and Safety announced that it has inspected safety measures for large crowds and designated 25 major events as priority management targets in preparation for festivals, concerts, and sporting events held across the country during the summer vacation season.

The Ministry held the "Inter-agency Meeting on Crowd Safety Management for Summer Festivals and Events," presided over by Kim Gwang-yong, Head of the Disaster and Safety Management Office, with representatives from relevant ministries, the National Police Agency, the National Fire Agency, and 16 cities and provinces in attendance.

The Ministry has designated 25 outdoor festivals and events nationwide as "Summer Crowd Priority Management Targets." These include the Tongyeong Hansan Battle Festival and the "BIGBANG World Tour" concert, where the instantaneous maximum crowd is expected to exceed 30,000 people, as well as the Boryeong Mud Festival and Jangheung Water Festival held in rivers and seas, and the "Night Race in Busan" and the opening ceremony of the "Daegu World Masters Athletics Championships," which raise concerns regarding heat-related illnesses.

A four-stage safety management system will be applied to these priority events, consisting of preliminary surveys on crowd density, the establishment of safety management plans, pre-inspections of facilities, and on-site monitoring followed by rapid response.

The Ministry plans to dispatch pre-inspection teams and on-site management officers to each venue to check for the establishment of safety management plans, the deployment of safety personnel, heatwave response measures, and facility safety. On the day of the events, relevant agencies, including local governments, the police, and fire departments, will jointly manage the situation until the crowds have fully dispersed.

In addition, the Ministry plans to prepare and distribute guidelines for crowd safety management and a standard ordinance draft for crowd safety management at small-scale festivals and events to local governments within this year.

Depending on the nature of the events or facilities and locations, central ministries such as the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (for performances and sporting events), the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (for airports, railways, and subways), and the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries (for beaches) will also establish and implement their own crowd safety measures.

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