Overview
- The prime minister’s office elevated the terror alert in Jongno and Jung to the “caution” level through Saturday as a precaution for the event.
- Authorities will deploy roughly 6,500–6,700 police, 803 firefighters and about 8,200 city safety staff, with 31 walk-through metal detector gates and random bag checks.
- Measures include sealed ventilation shafts, vehicle barriers, drone-detection units, rooftop and building access restrictions, and targeted road and transit controls.
- Police estimate around 260,000 people could gather around the venue, compared with about 20,000–22,000 ticketed attendees, with density-based entry controls along Sejong-daero.
- BTS urged fans to follow on-site guidance and thanked safety workers; the free concert will stream live on Netflix to roughly 190 countries as the group returns with ARIRANG before launching a world tour next month.