SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) – A luxury apartment complex in Seoul’s affluent Banpo-dong neighborhood has garnered attention for an unconventional service: facilitating marriages among its single residents. According to real estate industry sources, an online community called Raemian One Bailey Marriage Information Group is actively operating within the Raemian One Bailey apartment complex. The group, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government has approved the reconstruction of the oldest apartment complex in the city’s Yeouido district to turn it into a high-rise complex that houses 2,500 households and includes a 65-story building, officials said Monday. The city said a reconstruction plan has been granted for Sibeom Apartments, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — An antiquated southern Seoul apartment complex long at the center of the nation’s real estate policy debate due to its massive size and location in the wealthy Gangnam district has obtained a long-awaited reconstruction approval, the city government said Thursday, signaling its intent to speed up its plan to [...]
SEOUL, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) — HDC Hyundai Development Co. said Wednesday it will demolish an apartment complex in South Korea’s southwestern area to build it all over again to ally safety concerns. HDC Chairman Chung Mong-gyu said the real estate developer will completely take down eight apartment buildings in Gwangju for reconstruction at the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — An increasing number of apartment complexes are providing concierge services that perform daily chores on behalf of residents, while providing a variety of living conveniences. For the residents of the Gwanggyo IPARK apartment complex in Suwon, Gyeonggi province, built by HDC Hyundai Development Co., robots bring ordered delivery food [...]
INCHEON, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — In response to the recent decision by an apartment complex to allow entry of delivery motorcycles only via underground parking lots, delivery personnel and businesses have decided to reject all deliveries to the complex. Rider Union, a labor union representing gig workers of food delivery apps, announced that it [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent survey has revealed that most South Koreans think that apartment complexes need vegetable gardens. The Rural Development Administration (RDA) released the results of a survey on Monday conducted from April to July last year. According to the survey of 586 adults aged 19 or older, 95.6 percent, [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) –Thanks to a new system that allows apartment residents to vote online for their representatives and other issues, more residents who had been previously too busy or disinterested are now exercising their rights to chose the best candidate to represent them. As the new system makes voting much easier, just [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of apartment complexes designated as no-smoking zones reached 158 across the country in April, government data showed Thursday, amid a growing number of health-conscious people joining the anti-smoking campaign. The law, which took effect Sept. 3, 2016, allows provincial governments to designate all or part of corridors, [...]
SEOUL, June 27 (Korea Bizwire) – As the city of Seoul has recently established a ‘Seoul Resident Grievance Center’ at the Seosomun local government office to resolve conflicts between residents due to inter-floor noise in apartment buildings, the construction industry is also coming up with specialized designs to minimize the transmission of noise between floors. According [...]