Kim Dae-hyun, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, visits Daejeon Hanwha Life Ball Park to inspect baseball stadium safety in preparation for heatwaves

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Kim Dae-hyun, Second Vice Minister of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (hereinafter referred to as the Ministry), visited Daejeon Hanwha Life Ball Park on the 7th to inspect stadium safety and spectator convenience facilities, aiming to create an environment where citizens can safely watch professional baseball during summer heatwaves.

According to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on the 7th, those accompanying the inspection included Park Jong-tae (CEO), Director of Hanwha Eagles; Park Jang-soon, Lee (President) of the Sports Safety Foundation; Park Cheol-ho (CEO), Director of Dong-A Otsuka; and Park Geun-chan, Secretary-General of the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO), along with baseball industry officials and relevant institutional investors.

Kim (Vice Minister) conducted a focused inspection on preparations for spectator convenience facilities against heatwaves while moving between the interior of the stadium and the outdoor plaza, including the operational status of the heat illness prevention campaign booth, the status of accessibility facilities for disabled spectators, preparations for implementing the revised 'National Sports Promotion Act' to eliminate ticket scalping, and measures for disposing of trash at the baseball stadium.

In particular, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism is carrying out a 'Heat Illness Prevention National Campaign' in cooperation with the Sports Safety Foundation and Dong-A Otsuka to ensure the safety of participants in sports events during heatwaves.

Public service advertisements raising awareness of the importance of preventing heat illness during physical activities are planned for broadcast on 47 private digital billboards nationwide and on stadium scoreboards. Additionally, heat illness prevention education (totaling 20 sessions for 1,500 people) will be conducted for event organizers, and 7,000 preventive inspection checklists will be provided.

Furthermore, on-site safety education booths will be operated three times for approximately 30,000 participants in large-scale sports events to educate them on proper hydration methods, while also running an online campaign through social media (SNS) events and distribution of card news.

Kim Dae-hyeon (Vice Minister) stated, "Summer is a period when the risk of safety accidents during sports activities and spectatorship due to heatwaves is higher than ever," adding, "We will carefully examine even minor risk factors on-site and work closely with relevant institutional investors to establish a proactive safety management system so that citizens can enjoy sports with peace of mind."

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