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 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Citizens are satisfied with Seoul’s designation of specific tent zones and detailed operating regulations along the Han River, according to a recent survey. According to a survey of 500 citizens, 93.6 percent approved of a rule that requires citizens to open more than two sides of their tent when [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul will be holding a Paper Boat Race at the 2019 Hangang Summer Festival where participants will make paper boats to cross the Han River. The race, scheduled for this coming Friday to Sunday at Jamsil Hangang Park, will take place over a 50-meter long course set on the [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — A new recycling campaign will be held at the Han River Park to raise awareness of disposable waste and think about various ways to increase recycling. The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced that the ongoing 2019 Hangang (Han River) Summer Festival will host three programs on environmental protection between July [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The 2019 Hangang Summer Festival will be held throughout 11 parks along the Han River starting this Friday, and will continue until August 18. One of Seoul’s most celebrated festivals with more than 10 million visitors every year, the Hangang Summer Festival is coming back for its seventh year [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The government of Seoul said Wednesday it will build a new Han River bridge designed solely for pedestrians by 2021. The new footbridge, to be built alongside the existing Hangang Grand Bridge, will link Seoul’s Noryangjin area with Nodeul Island, an uninhabited artificial island in the Han River that [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The World Cup Fountain, left abandoned ever since it was shut down in 2015, is being put back on the table for renovation. The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced on Monday that it is now considering various alternatives to re-use the facility, including plans to establish a Han River History [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Environmental groups are calling for efforts to reintroduce otters to the ecosystem along the Han River, as such an initiative would signify the restoration of the natural ecology in the area. Five environmental groups including Green Korean United and the Seoul Federation for Environmental Movement jointly held a forum [...]