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Seoul to Bring Back Bell-tolling Event for New Year’s Eve for 1st Time in 3 yrs

SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government on Tuesday announced a list of 10 citizens who will join the city’s bell-tolling ceremony on New Year’s Eve, the first such in-person event in three years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Cho Gue-sung, a member of the national football team who competed in the [...]

Seoul City to Cancel Year-end Bell-ringing Ceremony Due to COVID-19

SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul metropolitan government said Sunday that a traditional bell-ringing ceremony at midnight on New Year’s Eve will be canceled amid a recent surge in novel coronavirus infections. “Considering the rapid spread of COVID-19, we have to cancel the year-end bell-ringing ceremony,” said an official from the municipal government [...]