매크로 없이 되팔아도 암표…8월 28일부터 판매액 50배 이하 과징금
Korea to Fine Ticket Scalpers Up to 50 Times the Sale Price From Aug. 28
Part of the July 31, 2026 daily edition
문화체육관광부에 따르면 2026년 8월 28일부터 공연과 스포츠 경기의 암표를 막기 위한 조치가 강화됩니다. 이번 조치는 완전히 새로운 제도를 만드는 것이 아니라 기존의 암표 관련 법적 조치를 더 강하게 바꾸는 것입니다. 핵심은 매크로 프로그램 사용 여부와 관계없이 모든 암표 부정거래행위가 금지된다는 점입니다. 부정거래를 하다가 적발되면 판매금액의 50배 이하에 해당하는 과징금이 부과될 수 있습니다. 또한 암표 신고를 받아 처리하는 기관이 지정되며, 사업자에게 확인 자료 제출을 명령할 수 있는 권한도 새로 생깁니다. 신고자에게 포상금을 지급하는 근거도 함께 마련됩니다.
Translation
According to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, measures to stop the scalping of tickets for concerts and sports events will be strengthened from August 28, 2026. This is not the creation of an entirely new system, but a change that makes the existing legal measures on scalping tougher. The key point is that all illicit resale of scalped tickets is banned, regardless of whether an automated macro program was used. Anyone caught in such illicit trading may have an administrative fine of up to 50 times the sale amount imposed on them. In addition, an agency to receive and handle scalping reports will be designated, and a new authority to order businesses to submit verification materials will be created. Grounds for paying reward money to people who report scalping will be put in place as well.
Vocabulary
- 암표명사 (noun)scalped ticket, ticket resold illegally
- 조치명사 (noun)measure, step (taken by authorities)
- 부정거래명사 (noun)illicit trading, unfair transaction
- 과징금명사 (noun)administrative fine, penalty surcharge
- 적발되다동사 (verb)to be caught, to be detected (in wrongdoing)
- 부과되다동사 (verb)to be imposed (a fine, a tax)
- 신고명사 (noun)report (to the authorities)
- 포상금명사 (noun)reward money
- 권한명사 (noun)authority, power (to do something)
Grammar points
N에 따르면according to N
Attaches to a source (a ministry, a report, a person) to show where the information came from. It is the standard opening of a news sentence, and the sentence that follows usually reports rather than asserts the writer's own view.
Example: 문화체육관광부에 따르면 암표 단속 조치가 강화됩니다.
According to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, measures to crack down on ticket scalping will be strengthened.
-되다passive: gets done
Replacing 하다 with 되다 turns an action noun into a passive verb: 금지하다 (to ban) → 금지되다 (to be banned), 지정하다 → 지정되다. News Korean prefers this because the focus is on what happens, not on who does it.
Example: 모든 암표 부정거래행위가 금지됩니다.
All illicit resale of scalped tickets is banned.
N와/과 관계없이regardless of N
Says that the result does not change no matter what N is. Very common in rules and policies, where it marks the condition that has stopped mattering: 사용 여부와 관계없이 = whether it was used or not.
Example: 매크로 사용 여부와 관계없이 암표 거래는 단속 대상입니다.
Regardless of whether a macro was used, trading in scalped tickets is subject to enforcement.
-(으)며and (formal listing)
A written-style connective that joins two facts of equal weight, like -고 but more formal. It lets one long news sentence carry two parallel pieces of information without sounding conversational.
Example: 공연 표는 온라인에서 판매되며, 현장에서도 구입할 수 있습니다.
Concert tickets are sold online, and they can also be purchased at the venue.
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