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Seoul’s Traditional Bukchon Village to Embrace IoT Technologies

SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s Bukchon Village has been designated as a model town for the city’s IoT city project, said government officials on April 5. The city will establish various measures to solve noise and littering problems caused by a recent influx of tourists into Bukchon Village, by developing IoT platforms for the town. [...]

Hanok, Korean Traditional House, Gets a New Lease of Life

SEOUL, South Korea, Oct 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Koreans have long believed that the most important thing in home building is harmony with the nature. They correctly thought houses built surrounding environmental conditions in mind can withstand natural elements better. For this reason, we Koreans boast tens of thousands of traditional houses still standing in this [...]