“Stop by a nearby post office this winter to escape the cold!”

[Financial News] From the 15th through March 15 next year, around 2,000 post offices nationwide will be available as “cold wave shelters.”
On weekdays, anyone can escape the cold at a post office during business hours (9 a.m.–6 p.m.). 

The Ministry of the Interior and Safety and Korea Post said they signed a memorandum of understanding on the use of post offices as cold wave shelters at the Government Complex Seoul on the 10th, to help the public escape the winter cold.
MOIS and Korea Post plan to install signs so people can easily identify post offices as cold wave shelters, and to actively provide information and promote the shelters.
Kim Kwang-yong, head of MOIS’s Disaster and Safety Management Headquarters, said, “Post offices are familiar facilities that people visit regularly throughout the country, so I expect this agreement to make cold wave shelters even more accessible.”
Park In-hwan, head of Korea Post, said, “I find it meaningful that post offices can serve as warm shelters for local communities,” adding, “We will do our utmost to manage the shelter spaces so the public can use them without inconvenience.”

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