SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The Han River, which runs through Seoul, was declared officially frozen on Saturday for the first time in two years, the weather agency said, as South Korea has been gripped by a severe cold wave in recent days. The Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) announced that it has observed the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — An art installation shaped like a giant moon has been constructed on a dock on the Han River, the Seoul city government said Monday. The installation, named “Dalbitnodeul,” which means “Nodeul under the moonlight,” is made up of two circular metal structures, each 12 meters in diameter, adjacent to [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Despite the heavy rainfall in the Seoul Metropolitan Area on Monday, which flooded the entire Han River area, convenience stores in Hangang Park were found to have sustained no damage, thanks to the ‘floating house’ structure that enables them to float on top of the water as it rises. [...]
SEOUL, July 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government has removed the suicide prevention message written by late Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon and posted on the guardrails of the Hangang Bridge, one of the bridges connecting the north and south of Seoul. This move came after civil complaints were filed about the uncomfortable truth [...]
SEOUL, June 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government’s Hangang Project Headquarters announced on Wednesday that it has decided to donate agricultural crops such as canola, rye and barley cultivated at parks along the Han River to the Seoul Grand Park Zoo and social welfare organizations. The Hangang Project Headquarters have cultivated agricultural crops [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — As the Han River flows towards the Incheon coast, the concentration of microplastics rises. A survey conducted by the Incheon Metropolitan Government investigated the annual levels of microplastics at five different areas in the city from last March to August. The research showed that as the Han River neared [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The operation of water taxis on Seoul’s Han River for commuters and tourists has been operating in the red, with an average five people using the service a day in August this year, data released by the Seoul metropolitan government said Thursday. The data, submitted by the National Police [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — A new cultural complex will open on a Han River island in the heart of Seoul this month, providing citizens with more opportunities to enjoy music and other cultural performances, the government of Seoul said Friday. The Seoul Metropolitan Government said it will open the music-themed complex on Nodeul [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — A free film festival is being held every Saturday evening under bridges that span the Han River in Seoul. Since July 20, the Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) has been holding the “2019 Grand Movie Festival Under Han River Bridges” at 8 p.m. every Saturday at Cheonho Bridge, Cheongdam Bridge, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Jamsil Hangang Park hosted a paper boat race, a part of Seoul’s Hangang Summer Festival, as Seoul hit a record-high 33 degrees Celsius last Friday. Participants were found near the park’s information center cutting and gluing paper together to build boats in various shapes and sizes. The boats were [...]