1,289 caught breaching Covid rules in S.Korea Halloween celebrations

A total of 1,289 people in violation of anti-Covid rules were caught in the past three days at Halloween parties and private gatherings across South Korea, police said on Monday.

The National Police Agency said 630 people were discovered violating anti-virus protocols, food sanitation rules and music-related regulations Saturday, followed by 400 on Sunday and 259 on Friday, reports Yonhap News Agency.

According to police, Seoul's Itaewon district, well-known for its bars and other night-life establishments, was the most popular area among Halloween partygoers, visited by some 170,000 people over the Friday-Sunday period, according to the police.

A restaurant in Gangnam, another popular nightlife district in southern Seoul, was busted for illegally turning the place into an unregistered nightclub.


More than 230 people at the restaurant were caught.

In the southern coastal city of Busan, police and local authorities also discovered 195 people breaching anti-virus rules in 23 cases - IANS