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Seoul’s Changin-Sungin Neighborhood Turns Anew After Renewal Project

SEOUL, Oct. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — A rejuvenation project for the Changsin-Sungin neighborhood in Seoul’s Jongno District is entering its final phase with completion slated for the end of this year. Once a major hub of South Korea’s garment industry, Changsin-Sungin had since deteriorated into a poor, deserted part of the city until in 2014, [...]

Seoul Metro Re-designs Seats for Expecting Mothers

Seoul, July 23 (Korea Bizwire) – The design of seats reserved for expecting mothers in the trains of Seoul Metro will be renewed, so that they stand out more. Seoul Metropolitan Government announced that they would renew the design of the ‘seats for expecting mothers’, so that subway passengers could yield their seats to pregnant women. The [...]