Seoul Removes Park Game Tables Displacing Seniors

Seoul’s Jongno District this month removed janggi and baduk tables at Tapgol Park under a second-phase 'sanctification and environmental improvement project' launched in 2023, following earlier 2001 and 2007 sanitation efforts. Critics and residents say the measures displace older adults and erode informal self-regulation; the district plans an indoor space opening Feb. 2 to relocate players.