SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon, a potential contender for the liberal bloc in next year’s presidential race, on Wednesday officially urged President Park Geun-hye to resign, marking a rare political remark from the head of the capital city with some 10 million citizens. “Park should immediately step down. The president [...]
SEOUL, June 24 (Korea Bizwire) – The mayor of Seoul, Park Won-soon, announced that the city would take responsibility for registering sex slaves’ records with UNESCO’s ‘Memory of the World’ programme if the Korean government cancels its own plans due to budget cuts. UNESCO’s Memory of the World Programme was initiated to protect the “documentary heritage of [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon proposed creating an organization involving rival parties and central and local governments Thursday that would discuss his controversial plan of providing direct cash benefits to young and unemployed people. In October, Park announced the plan to provide an average 500,000 won (US$428) a month for [...]
SEOUL, Sept 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Baduk boards and rows of tables and chairs took over the sidewalk of Sejongro, next to Gwanghwamun, setting the stage for an epic 110 versus 1,300 Baduk (game of Go) match. As part of a vehicle-free event in the Gwanghwamun and City Hall area, 1,300 citizens competed against 110 [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – The Headquarters of the Marine Corps announced that they will hold a ceremony to celebrate the 65th anniversary of the recapturing of Seoul. The ceremony will be dedicated to honoring those who fought in the war. At the event, which will be hosted together with the Seoul Metropolitan Government, [...]
SEOUL, July 26 (Korea Bizwire) – Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon said Sunday he will visit Beijing in early August to promote South Korea’s tourism industry hit by the MERS virus that has claimed 36 lives since May. “I will try to help revitalize the tourism industry depressed by MERS and normalize the tourism industry as soon as [...]
“I send my condolences and words of encouragement to the bereaved families who stayed at the sit-in sites. I feel very sorry that you are still staying here because of this matter that was to be resolved a long time ago.” “I hope this place can be more than a protest site. I hope it [...]
SEOUL, July 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Seoul Metropolitan Government is making public core data such as budget expenditures, consumer prices and levels of fine dust through interactive infographics. The Seoul city government announced on July 2 the introduction of “Interactive Seoul!”, a service that provides access to important public data. For example, its “Finance Watch” shows [...]
SEOUL, May 20 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 10,000 animals were killed on Seoul roads over the last three years, according to Saenuri Party member Lee No-geun on May 18. The number of road kills in Seoul was 11,869 from 2012 to 2014. An average of 10.7 animals were killed on the road every day. Among [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government said Friday it signed an agreement with Daum Kakao Corp., the operator of the top messaging app KakaoTalk, to provide Seoul citizens with real-time information on disasters via the messenger. The service would allow subscribers to quickly and conveniently get information on real-time situations and [...]