SEOUL, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Seocho District in Seoul will introduce artificial intelligence (AI) CCTV technology, which uses criminal statistics information to predict possible crimes, as early as July. The district said Thursday that it is developing related technologies with the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI), and will apply the technology to some [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s Seocho district announced on Tuesday that it will install Seoripul heated seats at 150 bus stops within the district for the convenience of local residents. The heated seats, after series of test runs at 14 bus stops conducted last year, were redesigned to be 2.03 meters wide and [...]
SEOUL, May 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The 500-meter path that leads from the exit of Yangjae Station (subway line 3) in the direction of the Cultural Arts Studio, Seocho has been revamped as the “Mozart Promenade.” Seoul’s Seocho district office revealed yesterday that a new walkway (near subway exit number 12) themed after Mozart’s “Quintet [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – News broke on August 20 that an R&D center devoted to artificial intelligence (AI) research will open its doors this coming October in Seoul’s Seocho District. The facility will be housed on four floors at the Korean Federation of Teachers’ Associations building located in the Umyeon neighborhood. Major players [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 8 (Korea Bizwire) —In an attempt to encourage pedestrians to recycle, Seoul’s Seocho District is flexing its creative muscle. On August 7, the district office announced that it will place 44 recycling bins designed to look like giant coffee cups throughout the streets of the Gangnam and Banpo neighborhoods. Standing waist high, these garbage [...]
SEOUL, March 20 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul city government is finally installing an extra 260 public litter bins after years of complaints from residents that there was hardly anywhere to dispose of waste in public areas around the city. Seoul’s move to keep the streets clean is part of a recent initiative to increase [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul city government on Wednesday announced a plan to create an information and communication technology (ICT) hub in the capital’s southern district. The Seoul Metropolitan Government said it will push to designate a 3-million-square-meter area in Seocho Ward as the hub early next year and relax regulations to [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Women in their 20s and 30s are reportedly known to be the most frequent victims of phishing scam, according to the Financial Supervisory Service. By region, people living in Seoul’s affluent Gangnam and Seocho districts are most easily fallen by the financial fraud. The financial regulator released a report on November 11 [...]