SEJONG, Nov. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The Sejong National Arboretum in the administrative city of Sejong has set up fencing and a separate habitat to coexist with the local elk population. The arboretum has set up an 800-meter-long fence through a reed field and created a 20,000-square-meter habitat for elk. The fence has a gate [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The administrative city of Sejong is suffering from what is becoming a serious elk problem. An endangered species, the elk population has jumped in the Sejong area, causing complaints. As of late last month, 349 complaints were submitted for the capture of elk in the area. Most of them [...]
SEJONG, Nov. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The administrative city of Sejong is coming up with various plans to support residents with pets. The city government announced Wednesday that it will provide subsidies to basic welfare beneficiaries, persons with severe disabilities and seniors in single households for keeping their pets healthy. For each pet per household, [...]
SEJONG, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) — New technology that allows a self-driving car to park itself in a nearby parking space after passengers disembark will be developed in the administrative city of Sejong. The city signed an agreement with the Korea National University of Transportation on Friday to test drive a new autonomous valet parking [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — A subcommittee of the National Assembly House Steering Committee on Tuesday passed a bill aimed at building a branch of parliament in the central city of Sejong, a key national project to promote balanced development across the country. Both ruling and opposition party members of the panel endorsed the [...]
SEOUL, July 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Prices of apartments set aside for public servants in the administrative capital of Sejong rose fivefold in the past four years, a civic group said Monday. The Citizens’ Coalition for Economic Justice announced the results of its study that has tracked the prices of apartment units owned by 25,852 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea plans to upgrade the access management of government buildings by introducing state-of-the-art technology such as artificial intelligence (AI)-based facial recognition and QR code pass cards. The Ministry of the Interior and Safety said Sunday that it would improve the access management of government buildings in the administrative [...]
SEJONG, Nov. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The coronavirus pandemic has stimulated demand for public bicycles in the administrative city of Sejong. As of last month, some 1.03 million people had used public bicycles in Sejong thus far this year, the city revealed Monday. The number of people using public bicycles in the city has jumped [...]
SEOUL, April 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The happiest South Koreans last year were men living in the administrative city of Sejong, a big data analysis has revealed. Seoul National University Center for Happiness Studies and Kakao Corp. conducted a joint survey in which Sejong City scored the highest (5.43/10) on a happiness index among 17 [...]
SEJONG, Dec. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A sculpture in front of a government building referred to as the ‘Grim Reaper’ among civil servants is once again looking for a new home. The sculpture, which was located on the boulevard of Sejong Government Complex 2 in the administrative city of Sejong, was removed last Saturday. The [...]