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Incheon Conducts Safety Inspections Ahead of World Korean Business Convention

Incheon Metropolitan City is conducting preliminary safety inspections of food and beverage facilities, accommodations and fire safety systems ahead of the 24th World Korean Business Convention.

The convention will be held at Songdo Convensia from September 28 to 30.

According to the city, inspections have been carried out at 72 accommodations across Incheon to ensure compliance with hygiene regulations.

The city is also conducting hygiene inspections at food and beverage facilities inside the convention venue and nearby restaurants.

For fire hazards and other emergency response measures, the city plans to inspect fire safety equipment and overall safety management at Songdo Convensia in cooperation with the Songdo Fire Station.

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Incheon Lacks Industrial Accident-Related Water Pollution Preventing Facilities

A recent investigation has discovered that Incheon has no buffer storage facilities designed to prevent contaminated water from industrial accidents from flowing into nearby waterways.

Buffer storage facilities are legally required to temporarily store contaminated water from these accidents, such as contaminated water used for fire fighting or water containing hazardous substances.

In Incheon, eight industrial complexes, including general and national industrial complexes, have been designated as sites required to install such facilities.

However, none have completed installation and begun operation.

Only 40 of the 200 industrial complexes required to install buffer storage facilities nationwide, including those in Incheon, have actually installed them, meaning 80 percent remain without the facilities.

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Incheon Folk Art Win Top Honors at 67th Korean Folk Arts Festival

Local artists representing Incheon have achieved notable results at a national competition for traditional Korean folk arts, showcasing the excellence of Incheon’s traditional music and mask dance.

Incheon Metropolitan City said the youth troupe of the Eunyul Talchum Preservation Society, which represented Incheon in the youth category at the 67th Korean Folk Arts Festival, won the Grand Prize, presented by the Minister of Education.

Meanwhile, the Incheon Coastal Islands Funeral Chant Preservation Society won the Heritage Transmission Award in the general category.

The three-day festival was held from September 18 to 20 at Jinbu Myeonmin Sports Park in Pyeongchang-gun, Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province.

This year’s festival featured 21 groups in the general category and 12 youth groups representing cities and provinces across the country and the five northern provinces.

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Incheon Youth Turn Ideas into Policy Through Youth Policy Competition

Incheon Metropolitan City held the final presentation and evaluation for the 2026 Incheon Youth Policy Idea Contest on September 20 at Wolcheon Hall in the 60th Anniversary Memorial Hall of Inha University and selected six winning teams.

The contest was designed to expand youth participation in policymaking and create a foundation for turning ideas identified through young people’s everyday experiences into practical policies that can be incorporated into city administration.

Through the competition, the city focused on reflecting young people’s firsthand experiences and creative ideas in various policy areas to improve the effectiveness of policies and make them more meaningful in their daily lives.

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Incheon Cracks Down on Food Safety Violations, Catches Nine Businesses

The Special Judicial Police of Incheon Metropolitan City has uncovered nine businesses for violating country-of-origin labeling requirements and other regulations involving livestock products during a two-week special investigation from September 7.

The investigation targeted restaurants and livestock product retailers around airports, ports and train stations, as well as tourist attractions, department stores, large shopping malls and public bathhouses, ahead of the Chuseok holiday.

The crackdown was aimed at creating a safer food environment for residents amid an expected increase in visitors to these facilities and higher demand for livestock products during the holiday season.

The investigation found two restaurants that falsely labeled the country of origin of napa cabbage kimchi as both domestic and Chinese, despite using only kimchi made in China.

One livestock product retailer was also found to have failed to display all legally required

Sources: https://news.ifm.kr