Overview
- Seoul set Oct. 24 through Nov. 2 as a Halloween safety period, activating a multi-agency response that includes the Interior Ministry, city officials, police, fire authorities, and district offices.
- Fourteen nightlife and pedestrian hubs were identified, with eight priority zones such as Itaewon, Hongdae, Seongsu, Konkuk University, Gangnam Station, Apgujeong, Myeong-dong, and Ikseon-dong hosting on-site command centers linked to disaster control and CCTV hubs.
- Automated density cameras will issue real-time alerts, with one-way pedestrian flow, access limits, and possible subway bypasses at Itaewon prepared if congestion thresholds are reached.
- Authorities began pre-event safety checks and are deploying personnel, safety fences, parking restrictions, emergency shelters, medical teams, and hospital-linked transport, with patrols concentrated over the first weekend.
- Prime Minister Kim Min-seok ordered thorough measures as the Interior Ministry runs joint inspections across 33 regions from 5 p.m. Friday to 2 p.m. Nov. 2, with officials expecting heavier turnouts this year.