SEOUL, Jun. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — From Saturday, the Seoul Metropolitan Government will be offering free public transport services during rush hour on days when high-level fine dust alerts are issued, in an effort to discourage driving and reduce air pollution. Seoul’s decision to offer free public transport comes after the municipal government announced ten [...]
SUWON, South Korea, June 28 (Korea Bizwire) – A South Korean leader in solar energy generation said Wednesday that it will build what it claims to be the world’s largest floating solar power generation facility designed to follow the sun’s movement at two reservoirs in the city of Hwaseong, south of Seoul. Solkiss will set [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean governmental bodies are making good use of big data analysis to help design new policies. The Gwangju Metropolitan Government and SK Telecom recently conducted a big data analysis regarding transportation and population information in Gwangju, to find out which areas were the most populated with senior citizens over 65 who had [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The Gyeonggi provincial government and the Gyeonggi Tourism Organization said on December 15 that they would attract up to 15,000 foreign tourists by offering a “Super Ski” tourism campaign for the 2014 winter season. They expected that about 10,000 visitors will come from six Asian countries including China, Hong Kong, [...]