SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – A man who killed nine people after ramming his car into pedestrians near Seoul City Hall was sentenced Wednesday to 7 1/2 years in prison without forced labor. The 69-year-old, surnamed Cha, killed nine people and injured five others in July after driving his car into a one-way road [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Police concluded Thursday that last month’s deadly car crash near Seoul City Hall was caused by driver mistakes, not by sudden unintended acceleration of the vehicle as claimed by the elderly driver. Seoul Namdaemun Police Station Chief Ryu Jae-hyeok announced the finding after a monthlong investigation into the July [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – The driver in this month’s deadly car crash near Seoul City Hall repeatedly said he is sorry to the victims and their families as he attended an arrest warrant court hearing Tuesday over the crash that left nine people dead. “I am very sorry to the deceased and the [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Police were set to conduct their first questioning on Thursday of the driver involved in a recent car crash that killed nine pedestrians in downtown Seoul. The questioning comes three days after the 68-year-old man’s Hyundai Genesis sedan plowed through a sidewalk guardrail and hit pedestrians while traveling against [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government plans to build a new Art Path that connects City Hall’s main gate and the sidewalk on the north side of the complex. The Art Path connects Korean traditional design with modern architecture by reinterpreting the Cheoma style used in Korean traditional mansions to fit [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government’s disposable cup ban at the city hall cafe has resulted in the saving of 200,000 disposable cups. According to the city government on Monday, from August of last year to February this year the number of plastic and paper cups used decreased by 63,000 and [...]
SEOUL, April 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Family members are responsible for the majority of elder abuse, new government data has revealed. A total of 1,470 cases of elder abuse were reported to the two elder protection centers operated by the Seoul Metropolitan Government last year, with 440 cases having been confirmed, local authorities said on Monday. [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Metropolitan Government is taking applications for a bargain wedding service at City Hall for just 66,000 won ($61). Applications for the ‘mini wedding’ service are open until the March 9 for couples who wish to marry at either Seoul Citizens Hall or City Hall. Taepyeong Hall, a [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom has unveiled an air dome ‘igloo’ at Seoul’s City Hall ahead of the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics, bringing snow drifts and snowball fights to the heart of the South Korean capital. Packed with the latest IT technology including 5g networks and virtual reality, the major telecom provider’s entertainment-packed venue [...]
SEOUL, May 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Seoul Plaza, which fronts City Hall, will be transformed into a circus venue from today as it embarks on a 7-day circus event offering a series of performances every day during lunch time until May 30. The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced yesterday that a variety of circus shows will [...]