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Busan police to crack down on ticket scalping and seat fees at fireworks festival
Busan Police will crack down on ticket scalping and seat fees at the 21st Busan Fireworks Festival on Nov.
7.
The festival will take place around Gwangalli Beach and nearby areas in Busan.
Police plan to deploy about 30 officers, including plainclothes officers, around the beach and nearby subway stations.
They will also target disorderly drinking and other public-order violations.
Reselling tickets at inflated prices and charging people to use seats may be punished under South Korea’s Minor Offenses Act.
Police are asking people to report these activities.
Busan police plan a concentrated crackdown on ticket scalping and fees for reserving seats at the Busan Fireworks Festival.
The 21st festival is scheduled for Nov. 7.
About 30 plainclothes officers will be deployed around Gwangalli Beach and nearby subway stations.
Police will also target basic public-order violations, including drunken disturbances.
An officer said scalping and seat fees may be punishable under the Minor Offenses Act and urged people to report them.
- Who
- Busan Metropolitan Police Agency.
- What
- Police plan to crack down on ticket scalping and seat fees at the Busan Fireworks Festival.
- When
- The festival is scheduled for Nov. 7; the announcement was published Nov. 2, 2026.
- Where
- Around Gwangalli Beach and nearby subway stations in Busan.
- Why
- To address ticket scalping, seat fees and public-order violations around the festival.
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Yonhap reported that Busan police planned a concentrated crackdown at the festival.
The 21st Busan Fireworks Festival is scheduled to take place.
- Festival
- 21st Busan Fireworks Festival
- Festival date
- Nov. 7
- Police deployment
- About 30 officers
- Deployment areas
- Gwangalli Beach and nearby subway stations
- Legal basis cited
- Minor Offenses Act
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