Street vendors in the Jongno 3-ga area of Jongno-gu, Seoul, received a request from the district to suspend operations on the day of the constitutional court ruling on President Yoon Suk-yeol's impeachment. This is to prevent safety accidents. Jongno-gu also requested that stores near the constitutional court remove any signboards placed on the streets.
Jongno-gu, Seoul, announced on the 12th that it sent an official document to the street vendor association, which consists of food stall owners near Jongno 3-ga Station on subway lines 1, 3, and 5, requesting a shutdown on the day of President Yoon's impeachment ruling.
This location is approximately 600 meters away from the constitutional court in a direct line. It is close enough that one can arrive on foot within 10 minutes from the Seoul Senior Welfare Center, where protests against President Yoon's impeachment are taking place along Samil Road.
Jongno-gu also instructed the shops located on the road toward Nakwon Arcade and along Insadong from the North Insa Plaza toward Anguk Station to remove signboards placed on the street on the day of the impeachment ruling.
A Jongno-gu official noted, "We recommended removing the items, as they could become a safety hazard if a large number of participants gather on the day of the ruling." He added that regarding the food stall shutdown request, "Considering the request from the police not to leave items (on the street), we asked the vendor association to close, but no decision has yet been made by them on whether to do so."
Earlier, police announced plans to declare the Jongno and Junggu areas as special crime prevention zones in preparation for potential physical clashes between the police and protesters on the day of President Yoon's impeachment ruling. The police are also considering measures to prevent the protesters from accessing construction sites and gas stations where they could obtain weapons or flammable materials. All eight elementary, middle, and high schools near the constitutional court have designated the ruling day as a discretionary holiday to prevent students from attending.