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The Bangeojin Festival has been a local festival that has been going on since the mid-2000s, but was suspended for four years from 2019 due to COVID-19, then resumed in 2023 and has been held every year. This year's festival was canceled due to a fire at the Bangeojin Live Fish Center.
Bangeo-dong Residents' Autonomy Committee donates 2 million won from the festival budget to damaged merchants
(Ulsan = Yonhap News) Reporter Jang Ji-hyeon = This year's Bangeojin Festival was canceled due to the fire at the Bangeojin live fish center in Dong-gu, Ulsan.
The cancellation of the Bangeojin Festival comes four years after it was not held in 2022 due to COVID-19.
According to Ulsan Dong-gu on the 11th, the Bangeo-dong Residents' Autonomy Committee did not hold the Bangeojin Festival scheduled for this year, and instead designated and deposited 2 million won, which was meant to be used to prepare for the festival, to the Dong-gu Office on that day as a donation for fire-damaged merchants.
The Bangeojin Festival is a local festival that has been held since the mid-2000s. It was suspended for four years from 2019 due to the impact of COVID-19, but resumed in 2023 and was held every year until last year.
Kim Do-jin, chairman of the Bangeo-dong Residents' Autonomy Committee, said, "Rather than holding a festival, we came together in the idea that helping the affected merchants quickly recover their daily lives is a priority," and added, "I hope that even a small contribution will help in the recovery of the commercial district."
A fire broke out at the Bangeojin Live Fish Center on the 22nd of last month, burning the store and furniture inside.
Although there were no casualties, merchants at 57 stores have suspended operations for three weeks in the aftermath of the fire.

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