2025 Seoul Plaza Exercising: Seoul plaza transforms into huge workout playground for everyone

For those of you here every Thursday evening and sometimes on Tuesdays until the end of June Capital Seoul offers an outdoor workout event aimed at building a broader culture of fitness.

Our Choi Soo-hyung was there.

As K-pop star Rosé's song 'APT' plays,.. people start copying the dance moves.

This is Seoul Plaza, and right now, it's K-pop dance practice time.

Following the dancers' lead, everyone enjoys the moves and gets soaked in sweat.

"It's really good. I mean, we were not expecting to come here but I've heard the song a lot."

"I've heard it on the radio and stuff so it's nice that we can kind of connect to it too especially because it's in English."

Taking place in the evening under the clear spring sky, the event is particularly popular among office workers.

"I love it! I usually don't have much time with my baby to have fun because of work, but thanks to this event, we are having a great time."

The 2025 Seoul Plaza Exercising is held every Thursday and some Tuesdays until June 26th starting at 7 PM.

The events offer fun and easy group workout programs for anyone whether they're a complete newbie or they just love to exercise.

Each session will feature a different activity such as Zumba, Zumba, yoga class, or cheer-leading, so participants can try something new every time.

In one corner of the plaza, visitors can also try sports that are hard to find in everyday life in South Korea, such as lacrosse and padminton, which is similar to badminton, but played with table tennis style paddles.

Now in its third year, the event drew around 10-thousand people last year.

During the event, a coaching program with fitness experts allows participants to get one-on-one advice on posture correction and diet.

Choi Soo-hyung, Arirang News.