Jongno Governs by Day and Goes Dark by Night — The 150,000 Residents Left Behind Need More Than Streetlights

Gwanghwamun empties at 7 PM. The Government Complex staff file through the gates. The ministerial security details rotate to overnight skeleton crews. The Sejongno protest corridor falls silent. By 8 PM the governance infrastructure that defines Jongno's daytime identity has powered down, and the district reverts to what it has always been undernea

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