SEOUL, July 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of abandoned schools is increasing even in the capital city of Seoul due to the declining school-age population, but renovating such facilities proves to be more challenging compared to other buildings. According to the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education, there are currently three unused abandoned schools in [...]
UIJEONGBU, July 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education said it will invest 94 billion won (US$82 million) in the renovation of 235 schools by 2024. Education authorities on Thursday introduced 33 elementary, middle, and high schools that have already undergone renovations. Daeduck Elementary School in Anseong, 77 km south of Seoul, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The road around Gwanghwamun Square will be partially closed starting March 6 to make room for an ambitious renovation project, the Seoul city government said Monday. Sejong-daero, which currently lines both the east and west sides of Gwanghwamun Square, will be closed on the west side starting at midnight [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government on Monday began renovation of its landmark Gwanghwamun Square, aiming to transform the busy intersection into a verdant public park. Traffic lanes will be expanded on the east of the square, located in the capital’s central Jongno Ward and adjacent to the U.S. Embassy, while [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government said Tuesday it plans to renovate pedestrian streets in the historic districts of Bukchon and Mugyo by 2022. Sections of Bukchon, a popular tourist destination in the central Jongno Ward, and Mugyo, a bustling “food alley” in Jung Ward, were designated by the city in [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Major local department stores have renovated their outlets in bustling areas and realigned sales sections in an effort to attract a new clan of young customers amid faltering sales hit by the new coronavirus outbreak, industry sources said Sunday. Industry leader Lotte Department Store and its main rivals Shinsegae [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government said Sunday it will redesign Gwanghwamun Square and the road around it in an effort to transform the square into a city-center park with more trees and flowers. The sweeping plan calls for removing the western side of the 10-lane Sejongro boulevard to expand the [...]
SEOUL, July 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The government will spend 18.5 trillion won (US$15.35 billion) over the next five years on renovating about 2,800 dilapidated school buildings, as part of its “New Deal” project to create millions of jobs and reinvigorate the nation’s coronavirus-hit economy, the Ministry of Education said Friday. The massive school renovation [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of households benefiting from the government’s Green Remodeling Assistance project is increasing every year. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said Sunday that it has achieved green remodeling interest support for 11,000 households this year. This represents an increase of about 18.6 percent compared to 9,278 [...]
JEONJU, Oct. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean public is divided over a recent move to abolish zoos, questioning the intent of breeding animals to show them to the public. Amid the controversy, a zoo in North Jeolla Province is attempting to bring about happy coexistence between humans and animals. It was 2015 when [...]