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“A Safe and Comfortable Chuseok for All” — Busan Metropolitan City Visits Frontline Workplaces and Community Sites Ahead of Chuseok

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Busan Metropolitan City announced that Mayor Chun Jae-soo will visit Seodong Miro Market, Nambu Fire Station, Suyeong Police Station, and Yeonje Post Office in sequence starting at 1:30 p.m. today, September 23.

The visits are intended to give the mayor an opportunity to hear directly about the challenges facing traditional market merchants amid high prices and high interest rates, check holiday prices, and encourage firefighters, police officers, postal workers, and other personnel working during Chuseok to ensure public safety and convenience.

Mayor Chun will first visit Seodong Miro Market, a leading traditional market in Geumjeong-gu, to inspect the supply and price trends of high-demand Chuseok goods and hear directly from merchants and shoppers.

He will personally purchase Chuseok goods and encourage residents to shop at traditional markets. He will also encourage merchants facing difficulties due to weakened consumer sentiment and listen to the challenges they encounter in their day-to-day businesses.

Seodong Miro Market is a traditional market formed by the integration of three markets—Seodong Market, Seodong Hyangto Market, and Seodong Traditional Alley Market. It is well known for its maze-like network of alleys and familiar local foods, including egg dumplings.

Mayor Chun will then visit Nambu Fire Station to inspect its disaster preparedness for Chuseok and encourage firefighters who will be placed on special alert duty to prevent and respond to safety incidents during the holiday period.

He will personally review the key priorities and preparedness measures for the special Chuseok alert duty, which will run from 6:00 p.m. on September 23 to 9:00 a.m. on September 28, and encourage firefighters who will remain on duty during the holiday to protect residents and prevent accidents.

Nambu Fire Station, which serves Suyeong-gu and Nam-gu, excluding Munhyeon-dong, plans to ensure public safety during the holiday by intensifying preventive activities at facilities vulnerable to fires, establishing a proactive on-site response posture to prevent large-scale disasters, and strengthening disaster situation management.

Mayor Chun will next visit Suyeong Police Station, now in its second year of operation, to encourage police officers working to prevent crime and maintain public order during the holiday.

He will receive a briefing on Suyeong Police Station’s holiday public safety measures, hear about challenges encountered in the field since the station opened, and encourage officers responsible for maintaining public safety during the holiday.

During the holiday period, Suyeong Police Station plans to carry out its public safety measures without disruption, including advance inspections of areas vulnerable to crime and accidents, enhanced policing for residents remaining in the city during the holiday, strengthened situation management systems, and measures to combat crimes affecting people’s livelihoods.

Finally, Mayor Chun will visit Yeonje Post Office to encourage postal workers, including mail carriers, who are working to ensure that the sharp increase in mail and parcel volumes ahead of the Chuseok holiday is handled and delivered without disruption.

Mayor Chun will personally tour the mail delivery and logistics facilities and urge employees engaged in the final stage of the special holiday delivery operation to take precautions against workplace accidents and look after their health.

To ensure the swift and reliable handling of mail, Yeonje Post Office has maintained an emergency duty system during a 16-day “Special Chuseok Holiday Mail Handling Period” from September 14 through September 29.

Meanwhile, Busan Metropolitan City has established comprehensive Chuseok measures in seven key areas, including the local economy, public safety, and welfare and community support, to ensure a safe and comfortable holiday. During the Chuseok holiday period, the city and its districts and counties will operate comprehensive holiday situation management teams.

Mayor Chun Jae-soo said, “I would like to thank everyone who quietly dedicates themselves behind the scenes to ensuring a safe and comfortable holiday. We will devote all our resources to implementing comprehensive holiday measures, from supporting the local economy to ensuring public safety, so that residents can enjoy a happy Chuseok.”