SEOUL, June 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Outdoor public swimming pools and water sports facilities by the Han River in Seoul will reopen later this month after more than two years of closure due to the pandemic, city government officials said Wednesday. The Seoul Metropolitan Government said four swimming pools and two facility zones by the [...]
SEOUL, April 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The nine fountains in Han River parks are making a comeback after a two-year hiatus following the coronavirus outbreak. The Seoul Metropolitan Government’s Hangang Project Headquarters began the operation of the Moonlight Rainbow Fountain at Banpo Bridge on Friday. The eight remaining fountains including the Music Fountain in Ttukseom [...]
SEOUL, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government said Tuesday it plans to install 403 more CCTV cameras at riverside parks along the Han River to strengthen safety surveillance following a high-profile death of a medical college student last year. The plan to complete the installations of new CCTVs, including 40 smart poles, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government will create a walking deck floating above water on the Han River by the end of next year to offer new attractions, officials said Wednesday. The 192-meter-long deck, comprising a walking trail on the first floor and an observatory deck on the second floor, will [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government has established a system to ensure the swift rescue of citizens attempting suicide on bridges spanning the Han River. The Seoul Metropolitan Fire & Disaster Headquarters said Thursday that it had set up an integrated Han River Bridge CCTV control center within the Ttukseom Rescue [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government said Wednesday it opened a new bridge over the Han River and an underground expressway as part of efforts to ease chronic traffic congestion in the city’s southwestern area. The metropolitan government livestreamed an online opening ceremony of the World Cup Bridge and the Seobu [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — SOS Hotline phones installed on Han River bridges have served as a lifeline for those who are contemplating suicide. According to data compiled by the Life Insurance Philanthropy Foundation, the operator of the SOS Hotline, the number of calls for counseling through the hotline totaled 8,615 cases since it [...]
SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Six more bridges straddling the Han River in Seoul will be lit at night from July, adding to the 20 bridges that already have nocturnal lighting features, the city government said Wednesday. The 26 bridges, including the newly fitted six — Achasan Bridge, Mapo Bridge, Cheonho Bridge, Dumo Bridge, [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) — On the banks of the Han River, the lifeline of Seoul, a middle-aged woman clung to a portrait of a young man and wept uncontrollably. “This ‘ajumma’ will reveal (the truth) no matter what,” she said, using the Korean term for a married and typically older woman. “Poor Jeong-min,” [...]
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 [...]