SEOUL, April 17 (Korea Bizwire) – The office of Seoul’s southern district of Gangnam has decided to ban the hosting of an upcoming adult festival on its premises, officials said Wednesday, marking the fourth entity to refuse to host the controversial event. The organizer of “2024 KXF The Fashion,” a rare adult festival in South [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Seoul’s Gangnam District said Tuesday it will expand its childbirth and postnatal care subsidies next year. The district has been giving out 300,000 won (US$233) for the firstborn and 1 million won for the second-born child. Starting in January of next year, all parents of newborn children will receive [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s affluent Gangnam District has the highest average salary per resident among all cities, counties and districts in the country, a lawmaker said Wednesday. Rep. Kim Hoi-jae of the main opposition Democratic Party analyzed the Annual National Tax Statistics report, which showed that each Gangnam resident made an average [...]
SEOUL, March 26 (Korea Bizwire) – JD Sports Fashion PLC, a major British sports fashion retailer, will open its first Korean store in Seoul next month as part of its overseas expansion drive, its local unit said Monday. The new store will open in the affluent Gangnam district on April 13, marking the firm’s first inroad into the Northeast Asian market, according to JD Sports Fashion Korea, a joint venture set up by the British firm [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — In response to a rash of deaths among individuals living alone, which in some cases go unreported for as long as weeks, the Seoul Metropolitan Government is adopting smart sensors in a bid to tackle the worrisome trend. The smart sensors, courtesy of major South Korean telecom provider KT, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent study by the Seoul Institute has revealed that Seoul’s three richest districts – Gangnam, Seocho, and Songpa – have lower female obesity rates than other neighborhoods in the capital. According to the study, the obesity rate for adult men residing in Seoul was 31.7 percent and for [...]
SEOUL, May 20 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 10,000 animals were killed on Seoul roads over the last three years, according to Saenuri Party member Lee No-geun on May 18. The number of road kills in Seoul was 11,869 from 2012 to 2014. An average of 10.7 animals were killed on the road every day. Among [...]