SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Popular clubs in Seoul’s hip districts of Itaewon, Hongdae and Gangnam will close this Halloween weekend to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. According to customer notices seen Wednesday, these large-capacity clubs will close the same day until next Tuesday. “Following consultations with health authorities and local governments, we [...]
SEOUL, May 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The streets of Seoul’s bustling multicultural neighborhood of Itaewon looked abandoned Saturday night as the city government stopped clubs and bars from doing business earlier in the day following a recent cluster infection of the new coronavirus. Under the administrative order, all clubs, bars and other nightlife establishments are [...]
SEOUL, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon on Wednesday issued a de facto business suspension order on clubs and bars across the city following COVID-19 infections linked to a bar in the ritzy neighborhood of Gangnam. “(I) issue an order on banning gatherings at ‘room salons,’ clubs and ‘colatheques’ until the government’s [...]
SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government said Tuesday it will strengthen inspections of nightclubs and bars, warning they could become new hotbeds for coronavirus infection. Nightlife spots on youth streets in Seoul and in major cities have recently been showing signs of revival as the declining number of new cases has [...]
SEOUL, March 20 (Korea Bizwire) — More than one-third of nightclubs and dance spots that do not serve alcohol in Seoul are still in operation, risking cluster transmissions of the new coronavirus, the city government said Friday. A total of 58 alcohol-free dance venues, dubbed “colatheques” here, and nightclubs are operating in the capital, the [...]