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Police anticipate that more than 500,000 people will gather in various places across the country for Christmas and New Year, and they will deploy a large number of police forces such as riot police.
Today (23rd), the National Police Agency said, "We expect that over 500,000 people will visit 37 places across the country, including Myeong-dong, Gangnam Station, Hongdae in Seoul, Gwangbok-ro in Busan, and Gwangalli Beach this weekend, which is Christmas day." will be placed," he said.
Police expected that some 1.24 million people would attend events such as bell ringing and sunrise at 269 locations across the country, including Bosingak in Seoul, Gangneung Gyeongpodae in Gangwon, and Hyangilam in Yeosu, Jeollanam-do.
It is known that the police force in preparation for the New Year's event is being discussed with local governments.
Even if there is no organizer, the police had local governments in jurisdictions where crowds are expected to hold local safety committees, and safety inspections were conducted jointly with related organizations.
An official from the National Police Agency explained, "We plan to respond with all-out efforts from the stage of concern for accidents, such as intensively analyzing anomalies such as repeated reports during times when crowds are expected to be crowded, and quickly reporting and disseminating the situation."
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