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Let’s close the clubs everywhere, Gangnam Pocha ‘Buddhism’
“He was also on the famous restaurant show … There were no guests today.
A, who sold handmade burgers at Exit 3 of Itaewon Station on Seoul Subway Line 6 at 11:00 on the 9th, sighed. Last week, as the social distance was reduced, there was a sign of reactivation of the commercial area, as an increase in the number of floating populations.
A new infectious coronavirus disease (Corona 19) from Club Itaewon occurred one after another, and the nation was in an emergency again. Local governments like Seoul and Gyeonggi-do have issued orders to ban the collective gathering of entertainment facilities, and Itaewon has become a “ghost town”. Concerns in this regard have not eased easily.
Tonight, the Itaewon Station area was rare enough to pass by two people. Busy subway entrances were generally empty. The situation was the same with Bogwang-ro 60-gil outside Exit 3, where the pubs are full. People were isolated, except for one or two citizens, who often disappeared with umbrellas and sometimes walked.
On this day, the Seoul Metropolitan Government issued an order to ban all entertainment facilities in the building, and the general pub was also temporarily suspended from business. More than half of the stores were closed, and there were only 5 out of 5 open and no customers. The crowd of foreigners walking the streets in search of a bar was remarkable, but most of them were not wearing masks. Choi Moe (43), who runs a bar in Itaewon, said: “I thought it would be fine now until the last golden vacation, but for some reason it was a great loss.”
It was different on this day to take a taxi on the night of the weekend, which was “collecting the stars in the sky”. Dozens of taxis waited in a line on the road with the “empty car” on. Taxi driver Kim Ho-seok (47) said: “I was afraid that taxi drivers would come to Itaewon, so I thought there were fewer people than usual, but I didn’t know there would be that many. There are also many.
On the other hand, around 11 p.m. the same day, the entertainment area in Gangnam, Seoul, was the opposite of Itaewon. Exit 10 of Gangnam Station did not have time to mess with the 20s and 30s who came out to enjoy on Saturday night. The clubs were all closed at once, but crowded with hunting pots and covered pubs, which were in normal operation.
In front of a car, there were dozens of people waiting for admission with umbrellas, even in rainy weather. It was such a success that I had to wait at least 30 minutes to get a seat. Inside Pocha, drunk guests moved their seats, crushing each other’s bodies or even mixing glasses. There was no crown prevention in the tavern where the steps of the young people were concentrated. Most of the guests did not wear masks.
Local clubs, which were outside the surveillance of the quarantine authorities, also frequently participated in the guts. On the morning of the 10th, the city of Busan organized a joint enforcement group with the police and the like and inspected 17 entertainment establishments, and found that 7 establishments violated quarantine regulations. In a club, almost 100 young people danced in a confined space without wearing a mask. Those who smoked or spit on the table were also noticed. A Busan city official said: “There are a growing number of business owners who operate as firmly as possible, but there are some more serious clubs than expected.
By Kim Young-hoon, reporter [email protected]
By Lee Seung-yeop, reporter [email protected]
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