living in Pyeongsan Village, some conservative groups and YouTubers held rallies and demonstrations near Pyeongsan Village, and villagers complained of insomnia and stress caused by noise from loudspeakers, high voices and profanity. The assemblies and demonstrations were generally held within the permitted level, but there were repeated cases of noises, hate expressions, swearing and threats with cutter knives, etc. It drew national attention for police complaints and investigations and protests by conservative groups, and ‘counter rallies,’ etc. The situation ended when the police expanded the scope of the security, and restrained excessive profanity, abusive language, and noise generation, other than the demonstrations held legally.162) As of Dec. 2022, there are 24 amendments to the Assembly and Demonstration Act pending in the 21st National Assembly, and 12 were proposed after Apr. 2022. A bill to completely abolish Article 11, which regulates places where gatherings are prohibited, and bills to regulate hate speech, invasion of privacy, and strengthening the noise control standards were proposed, and particularly related to the above two cases, an amendment to include the presidential office or the former president's residence in the no assembly zone under Article 11 of the Assembly and Demonstration Act was proposed. The 2nd Subcommittee on Legislative Review of the Public Administration and Security Committee of the National Assembly discussed 12 amendments to the Assembly and Demonstration Act introduced to the National Assembly on Nov. 23, 2022, and it was decided to submit the inclusion of the presidential office and former president’s residence to the no assembly zone under Article 11 of the Assembly and Demonstration Act, which is awaiting consideration at the plenary session. The amendment is being promoted through an agreement between the ruling and opposition parties,163) and the media and civic groups expressed opposition, claiming that freedom of assembly and demonstration would be restricted by expanding the places where assembly is prohibited through unfair “collaboration” between the ruling and opposition parties.164) On the other hand, there is an opinion that an amendment to the law is needed to ban assemblies in front of the office of the 162) Hankyoreh, “Peace in Pyongsan Village, after 105 days,” Aug. 22, 2022. 163) It was implemented with the agreement of the ruling party, the People's Power, and the Democratic Party, having the largest number of seats in the National Assembly. 164) Kyunghyang Shinmun, “The Two Fighting Parties Unite Against Prohibition on Assemblies,” Dec. 18, 2022. 63