SEOUL, Mar. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent survey showed that Seoul has the lowest availability of urban green space per capita in South Korea. According to the Korea Forest Service, the urban green space available for each resident of Seoul last year was no more than 4.38㎡, which was the smallest tally among 17 cities and [...]
SEOUL, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced Wednesday that it had established 188,000 square meters of green space in the city in the five years since 2012 – roughly the size of 264 soccer fields. There are now 2,278 green spaces including public parks in Seoul, covering almost one fourth of [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent study by preventive medicine researchers at Seoul National University revealed that living near parks or other green spaces can decrease the risk of hyperlipidemia – an unusually high concentration of fats or lipids in the blood resulting from a high cholesterol diet, lack of exercise, or stress. [...]