Stray Kids Pop-Up Assault: Security Guard Attacked During Seoul SKZOO Event

A security guard was reportedly attacked at a Seoul pop-up event connected to Stray Kids on April 29, after fans allegedly refused instructions to put away chairs. The Stray Kids Pop-Up Assault drew police response, with reports saying the altercation occurred in a crowded area where multiple celebrity-related events were taking place.¹

The incident took place during the Seoul run of ‘SKZOO EVERYWHERE ALL AROUND THE WORLD in SEOUL,’ a themed pop-up store centered on Stray Kids’ official character line, SKZOO. The event opened on April 24 and runs through May 3 in Seongdong-gu, Seoul, with the Seoul edition described as the starting point for a broader global pop-up rollout.²

Stray Kids Pop-Up Assault Reported After Chair Dispute

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The reported confrontation began when fans were asked to put away chairs at the event site. Koreaboo reported that a security guard was attacked after some fans allegedly refused those instructions, and that police were called following the altercation.¹

News Minimalist, summarizing the same report, also stated that the dispute began over chairs and that police were called to resolve the situation.³ The available source material does not identify the security guard, provide details on injuries, name any alleged attackers, or state whether any arrests or formal charges followed.

The limited public information means the central confirmed details remain narrow: the date was April 29, the site was a Seoul pop-up event associated with Stray Kids, the initial dispute reportedly involved chairs, and police became involved after the altercation. No official police statement, agency statement about the assault, or court record is included in the available source material.

Reports also noted that the area was crowded because the Stray Kids pop-up was taking place alongside other celebrity-related events.¹ That context helps explain why crowd management and security instructions were part of the scene, but the sources do not provide crowd estimates or a full timeline of how the confrontation escalated.

Event Context: SKZOO Pop-Up in Seoul

The incident occurred during a major promotional pop-up tied to SKZOO, the official character line associated with Stray Kids. Sports Kyunghyang’s English-language report identified the Seoul venue as 6-1, Seongsui-ro 18-gil, Seongdong-gu, Seoul, and said the event operates from April 24 to May 3 under the title ‘SKZOO EVERYWHERE ALL AROUND THE WORLD in SEOUL.’²

Money Today reported, citing JYP Entertainment, that the Seoul pop-up was designed around an airport concept, including themed spaces such as a check-in counter, security screening area, duty-free shop, and boarding passage.⁴ The travel-themed staging is consistent with other reports describing the event as a global pop-up launch centered on SKZOO.

Music Mundial reported that the Seoul event offered items styled like passports and boarding passes and used official characters inspired by Stray Kids members.⁵ MK’s English-language report also described the pop-up as a travel-concept event featuring SKZOO, with Seoul serving as the first host city before the format expands to major global cities.⁶

Those event details establish why the pop-up drew attention, but they do not change the available facts about the April 29 assault report. The sources do not say that Stray Kids members were present at the time of the altercation, nor do they connect the group personally to the reported conduct of attendees.

Police Response and Public-Safety Questions

The reported police response places the matter in a public-safety frame rather than only an entertainment event update. Security guards at pop-ups are typically responsible for queue control, site access, and enforcing basic venue rules, and the available reports indicate that the immediate issue involved instructions to remove chairs from the area.

Because the sources do not include an official investigative update, several important points remain unavailable. There is no confirmed account of how many people were involved in the alleged attack, whether the security guard required medical treatment, whether event operations were paused, or whether organizers changed crowd-control procedures after police arrived.

The Seoul pop-up continued to be listed as running through May 3 in the event coverage published before the assault report.² As of May 1, 2026, the available source material does not state that the remaining schedule was canceled or revised because of the incident.

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The Stray Kids pop-up assault report remains based on a concise set of facts: a security guard was reportedly attacked on April 29 after a dispute over chairs, police were called, and the incident occurred during the Seoul SKZOO pop-up period. Until additional official information is available, the public record supports a careful account focused on the reported altercation, the police response, and the confirmed event context.