They said it was a 'free giveaway,' but the fireworks festival venue was sold to avoid the 270,000 won ,,,,,,,,, regulation.

On the 5th, the day the Seoul World Fireworks Festival was held, posts posted on secondhand trading platforms and open chat rooms with titles like "Sharing Fireworks Festival Seats," "Transferring Mat Seats," "Free Giveaway" or Selling Goods, but ,,, When I contacted them, they actually demanded 270,000 won for the previous post and 250,000 won for the second post. When a reporter asked about the possibility of crackdowns, they explained, "There's no chance of getting caught, and if a crackdown occurs, just say you never made a deal." This year's fireworks festival Although there has been a repeated 'seat sale' where sellers secured prime spots in Hangang Park and then took money to hand them over, what changed from previous years is that sellers avoid expressing themselves as selling seats and disguise them as goods like mats or chairs.  Because free giveaways are offered and then converted to paid transactions through individual contact, it is difficult for police to detect such transactions on site. It is difficult to distinguish between simple goods transactions and actual seat transactions based solely on online posts, and there are limitations in capturing actual exchanges of seats during actual exchange. Since the 28th of last month, the 'Scalping Prevention Act' (amendment to the Performance Act and National Sports Promotion Act), which strengthens penalties for scalping, has been enacted, but selling tickets at Hangang Park still remains in a blind spot under the law. Under current law, scalping regulations target illegal buying and selling tickets for performances or sports events, but selling reserved seats in public places, such as at fireworks festivals, is not subject to sanctions. Ultimately, the damage is passed on to the citizens, as vendors demanding extra money take up all the seats, while citizens themselves lose the right to enjoy the festival.  After the festival ended, the trash problem also recurred, and especially this year, which was held over two days including the pre-festival, it was found that a large number of low-priced tents and mats were discarded. Those who sold seats for a premium are presumed to have left their seats behind after the festival, leaving those items behind.