Overview
- The Seoul Metropolitan Government hosted the third annual power-nap competition at Yeouido Hangang Park, inviting costumed entrants to rest in public.
- Officials measured participants’ heart rates to look for stable readings seen as a sign of deep sleep.
- A man in his 80s won the contest, with office worker Hwang Du-seong named runner-up.
- City officials cast the event as a public reminder of South Korea’s sleep deficit, which OECD data ties to long work hours plus heavy study pressure.
- Coverage differed on scale and scoring, with Reuters noting a large crowd and News18 citing about 170 entrants plus sleep-tracking and deliberate disturbances in judging.