SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Jamsil Station on Seoul’s Subway Line No. 2 has replaced Gangnam Station of the same line as the capital’s busiest station, with over 150,000 passengers using the station per day, Seoul Metro said Thursday. Jamsil Station in southeastern Seoul served a daily average of 155,229 passengers in the first [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Metropolitan Government has completed construction of the “Jamsil Natural Water Playground” in Jamsil Hangang Park and opened it to the public, officials announced on April 8. The new playground is the first fruit of the city’s “Great Han River Project” aimed at restoring the natural environment along the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – At 9:10 p.m. on November 11, at Jamsil Station on Seoul Subway Line No. 2, station employees on patrol discovered a homeless person sleeping inside the station. They attempted to wake him and escort him out of the station, but the homeless person responded with threats and physically attacked them. [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul city government will build the world’s second domed baseball stadium annexed with a hotel in its southeastern district of Jamsil by 2031, city officials said Monday. Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon unveiled the plan on Saturday after touring Canada’s Rogers Center, a multipurpose retractable roof stadium, home to [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – The building directory of the Seoul landmark Lotte World Tower will soon include “Lotte Museum” along with the Lotte Hotel, office spaces, and various amenities. The Lotte Museum will be on the 7th floor of the tallest building in the city and will cover 1,320 square meters of floor [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s tallest skyscraper built by retail giant Lotte Group officially opened to the public on Monday, the group’s operating unit said, marking another milestone for the country’s fifth-largest business empire facing a slew of challenges. The opening ceremony of the 123-story Lotte World Tower was attended by top [...]
SEOUL, April 26 (Korea Bizwire) – Jamsil Sports Complex and its surrounding areas will be transformed into an ambitious new site for international conventions and exhibitions. The Seoul Metropolitan Government decided on a master plan for the area’s transformation on Monday. It’s a grandiose project to establish a global MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferencing, Exhibitions) center [...]
SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Seoul Metropolitan Government will hold a festival at the Han River for its citizens to refresh themselves from the scorching summer. From July 17 to August 23, the Hangang (Han River) Summer Festival will offer various summer activities at its 11 parks alongside the river such as camping, a water park, [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean retail giant Lotte Group reopened parts of its namesake skyscraper in Seoul in a subdued ceremony on Tuesday, nearly five months after they were shut down due to safety concerns. The 123-story Lotte World Tower, set to be South Korea’s tallest structure upon its completion in 2016, [...]