SEOUL, Jan. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Namyangju, located in Gyeonggi Province, announced on January 22 that it would be initiating a service starting in May to ensure the safe return home of socially vulnerable groups, including women and students. This service becomes active when a smartphone is shaken or an SOS button is [...]
NAMYANGJU, June 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Namyangju in Gyeonggi Province has launched a new trolleybus service as part of its city bus network. The term trolleybus, which typically refers to trackless, electric trolley cars operated primarily in Europe, is also used to designate ordinary buses used for tourism purposes. While a number [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Residents of Hue, a city in Vietnam, became deeply concerned after the city was offered a large statue as a gift from Namyangju, Gyeonggi Province. According to a Vietnamese local newspaper on Saturday, Mayor Cho Kwang-han of Namyangju proposed to the city that he would present ‘Greeting Man’, a [...]
NAMYANGJU, Sept. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — An international festival for healthy eating and eco-friendly lifestyles in the South Korean city of Namyangju is successfully being conducted since its opening late last week, organizers said Tuesday. The accumulated number of visitors stood at about 260,000 as of Sunday, the third day of the Namyangju Slow Life [...]
NAMYANGJU, South Korea, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – An international festival promoting healthy eating and an eco-friendly lifestyle is slated to kick off in a city east of Seoul later this month, organizers said Thursday. Under the theme “Food, City and Health,” the Namyangju Slow Life International Festival will be held for five days starting [...]
NAMYANGJU, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The city of Namyangju, Gyeonggi Province, said in a public statement that it had identified geographic locations at varying risk of outbreaks of disease through the application of big data technology. The city government charted a map of the city by combing through 2,072 civilian reports of disease carrying [...]
NAMYANGJU, South Korea, Sept. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – The idea of “slow living” is an alien concept to much of busy modern-day humanity, and could be perceived as near-impossible. But it’s still important to relax every now and then, and approach life from a different perspective. Namyangju’s Slow Life Festival emphasizes just that. This year’s [...]