SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean retail giant Lotte Group reopened parts of its namesake skyscraper in Seoul in a subdued ceremony on Tuesday, nearly five months after they were shut down due to safety concerns. The 123-story Lotte World Tower, set to be South Korea’s tallest structure upon its completion in 2016, [...]
SEOUL, May 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean retail giant Lotte Group said Friday it plans to reopen its namesake skyscraper next week, about five months after the Seoul city government ordered its shutdown when a string of accidents stoked safety fears. The plan comes on the heels of an announcement by the city government [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul metropolitan city government will introduce a scheme to pay an hourly wage of 6,582 won (US$6.46) to guarantee the minimum livelihood of workers. This is about 1,000 won higher than the minimum wage level of 5,580 won for the next year decided in June this year. The city [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Garbage cans in Seoul have disappeared from the streets since the implementation of the volume-based waste disposal scheme in 1995, but now the city government looks to re-install them for the first time in 20 years. Only this time, however, the cans will be movable ones. An official in [...]
SEOUL, July 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Send your pictures of Seoul’s morning to Seoul Metropolitan City Government’s official Instagram account and get free gifts like a music box, a lacquer tumbler, or a neck pillow featuring Seoul’s famous tourist attractions. The city government has recently opened an account with Instagram (@seoul_official) to share photos with the [...]
SEOUL, July 3 (Korea Bizwire) – From now on, all foreign residents living in Seoul can send money to their home country without fees. Starting on July 1, Woori Bank will exempt 100 percent of remittance charge (from 10,000 won to 30,000 won) to foreigners residing in Seoul when they visit any of its bank offices nationwide. In [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul City Government has completed replacing 430,000 lightings that are installed in platforms and aisles of 243 subway stations in lines No. 1 to 8, to high-efficiency and environment-friendly LED lightings. Over 90 percent of total city-run subway stations (302) have gone through the change. The change in [...]
SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) – S Oil, one of Korea’s top three oil companies, garnered huge attention last year by staging very unique marketing campaign: the HERE Campaign. S Oil decided to help their consumers use less gas (due to their failing to find out proper parking space and thereby wandering around the streets) [...]
SEOUL, May 8 (Korea Bizwire) – To mark “Parents’ Day” on May 8, the Seoul City Government has introduced a way to self-check dementia using the Internet and a smartphone application. Online check-up can be done through clicking “Online dementia check-up” under “Dementia counseling,” in the Seoul Metropolitan Center for Dementia website. The test consists [...]
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