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Minister Choi Hwi-young of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (hereinafter referred to as the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism) held a 'public-private consultative body to prevent performances and sports ticket sales' in Seoul at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art on the 5th. This consultative body is a joint government-private cooperation system to structurally eradicate scalpers in the performance and sports sectors prior to the enforcement of the recently revised Performance Act and the National Sports Promotion Act on August 28.
The opening ceremony was attended by 18 related organizations, including the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, related ministries (Fair Trade Commission, National Police Agency), major ticket reservation offices (Nol Ticket, Melon Ticket, Yes24, Coupang Play, Ticket Link), major second-hand trading platforms (Naver, Carrot Market, Used Country, Ticket Bay), Korea Professional Sports Association, Korea Baseball Organization (KBO), Korea Popular Music Performance Industry Association, Korea Music Contents Association, and Korea Creative Content Agency).
First, Hwang Seung-heum, a law professor at Kookmin University, presented the purpose of revising the "Performance Act" and the "National Sports Promotion Act" and major expected issues when preparing sub-laws. They then discussed the plan to eradicate scalping tickets and ways to improve and promote public awareness of each institution.
The ticket reservation office introduces advanced security solutions to establish a system to block fraudulent purchases at all times, and operates integrated monitoring and fraud reporting channels through internal monitoring, customer reporting, and organizers' cooperation. He also stressed that he will strengthen cooperation in the investigation by establishing a data sharing system for related agencies.
The second-hand trading platform said it will periodically check suspected scalping transactions and overhaul its scalping terms and operational policies, such as deleting posts when caught, strengthening sanctions in stages such as seller warnings and restrictions on transactions.
The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) and the Korea Popular Music Performance Industry Association said they will continue to monitor the site at all times and spread awareness of ticket eradication in connection with events such as participation (challenge) and major league events.
The Fair Trade Commission will closely check the compliance with the newly introduced second-hand trading platform's seller identification information, marking the seller who is a business operator, and cooperation in dispute resolution to prevent the possibility of illegal activities such as scalping. He also suggested that he would quickly share relevant information with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and cooperate with investigations if suspicious scalping transactions were recognized during reporting and consulting by the Korea Consumer Agency and the Fair Trade Commission's local offices.
Based on the cooperation system established with related organizations such as the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the National Police Agency plans to actively arrest fraudulent purchase and sellers of tickets.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said, "With the launch of this consultative body, we plan to spread the perception that 'ticket is illegal' and lay the foundation for eradicating practical tickets by combining institutional and on-site responses."
Minister Choi Hwi-young said, "In addition to the revision of the law, the effect of eradicating ticket tickets will only be seen when each agency's role is organically linked to preventing cheating in the reservation stage, regular monitoring, rapid information sharing with investigative agencies, and campaigns to improve public awareness." "As the BTS (BTS) performance is of great public interest, we will work closely with related organizations and industries before the enforcement of the law to make it an exemplary case for responding to ticket sales," he added.
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