[theqoo] GYEONGBOKGUNG PALACE AND THE NATIONAL PALACE MUSEUM OF KOREA WILL BE CLOSED ON THE 21ST DUE TO THE BTS CONCERT

The Cultural Heritage Administration announced on the 1st that it held a meeting chaired by Commissioner Heo Min on the 25th of last month to review safety measures related to the BTS concert. The Administration explained, “As the BTS concert at Seoul's Gwanghwamun Square, a symbolic space of Korea, is expected to serve as an opportunity to promote ‘K-Heritage’ worldwide, we have detailed a phased safety management plan concerning the safety of visitors and national heritage sites.”

Accordingly, Gyeongbokgung Palace will be fully closed on the day of the event, and its parking lot will also be closed. The National Palace Museum of Korea, adjacent to Gyeongbokgung Palace, will also be closed. Performances scheduled at the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts, the musical ‘Anna Karenina’, the Seoul City Ballet's ‘Bliss and Jackie’, and the play ‘The Wasp’, will also be suspended for the day.

The National Heritage Administration will coordinate with relevant agencies, including the Jongno Police Station in Seoul, to establish an emergency contact system and strengthen perimeter patrols one week prior to the event. During the week leading up to the event, inspections of key buildings and facilities like restrooms within Gyeongbokgung Palace will also be conducted. On the day of the performance, all staff will be on emergency duty to enforce full access control and manage crowds to prevent them from gathering near areas like Sungnyemun Gate.

Additionally, the ‘Palace and Royal Tomb Heritage Emergency Response Team’ will be activated to conduct intensive inspections of key sections around Yeongchumun Gate, Gwanghwamun Gate, and Geonchunmun Gate. On-site responses will include enhanced vehicle control and CCTV monitoring.

Police anticipate crowds of approximately 230,000 people around the performance stage extending to Deoksugung Palace's Daehanmun Gate, and about 260,000 people near Sungnyemun Gate, where the media facade (a technique projecting images using LED lighting) event will take place.

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1. So why not just do it in a big venue? Seriously, they're making a big deal out of nothing

2. Why are they doing this? Seriously

3. I can understand them doing this due to security but that's such a nuisance to all the tourists

4. Looking at the venue and timing, it genuinely feels like some kind of occult madness. I used to think it was just detail-oriented, but it seems like some kind of state-sponsored ritual. Why are they even blocking other performances? I don't get it. They have plenty of money, if they're worried about safety, they should just deploy more personnel. Is it really right to mobilize public resources and block access to other performance venues?

5. ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ....

6. Aside from their fans, who even cares about this group that they have to be doing it at the Gwanghwamun Square....?

7. That's just the day of their comeback. They are making it into something that's bigger than it is. Just go do it at a concert venue instead

8. Who do they think they are...

9. What is this overreaction to an idol's comeback day? Why are we turning it into some national event?

10. There must've been a separate concert venue available for this...

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