<Ko Hyun-jun, current affairs critic>
It is said that the streets of Myeong-dong, which have been
quiet
since the Corona 19, have been crowded with people recently.
A view of a department store located in Myeong-dong. The lights that brighten up the street attract attention, and the colorful lights that wrap around the entire building as well as the Christmas-related videos from the screens on the exterior walls catch the eye.
It's like a giant Christmas ornament. It is said to be a kind of event that is being held at the end of the year at this department store.
In the sidewalk across from the department store, citizens are constantly coming to leave their authentication photos. They are famous as a so-called 'photo restaurant' on social media, waiting for a few dozen minutes to take a better picture, and they are fighting to raise their cell phone even a little higher than others. It is also said to be earned.
Some even climbed up on flower beds or approached the road, so the police were dispatched to control the citizens.
There are voices expressing concern at seeing hundreds of people gathering like this at a time when the guidelines for distancing have been strengthened as thousands of confirmed COVID-19 cases come out every day.
<Anchor>
Have you been there? It's very popular these days. (I haven't been to the site.) To be honest, on the day of last Christmas and on Christmas day, I got a car and looked around the area like this once to feel the end of the year atmosphere and the Christmas atmosphere. But it really took an hour.
There were a lot of cars and a lot of people, but because of Corona, we can't feel the end of the year atmosphere now for 2 years.
And recently, the situation has become even more difficult due to strengthening social distancing.
I think it reflects a lot of people's desire to find some solace in such a situation.
And as you pointed out at the end, there were really a lot of people around.
Such a situation seemed a bit dangerous.