Seoul to Replace All Subway Fabric Chairs With Plastic

SEOUL, Apr. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul Metro, the operator of subway lines 1-8, said Tuesday that it will replace all fabric chairs with reinforced plastic chairs by 2029 to keep the subways clean from bedbugs and other pollutants. Fabric currently accounts for 54 percent of all subway seats operated by the city-run corporation, followed [...]