SEOUL, Mar. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Larger buildings scheduled to be built in Seoul from July will be required to offset energy consumption with renewable energy sources including solar energy. Under the new renewable energy quota, buildings larger than 100,000 square meters in total floor area will have to rely on renewable energy for at least [...]
SEJONG, June 28 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of newborn babies in South Korea dropped for 17 months in a row in April, a government report showed Wednesday, in the latest sign that underscores challenges in boosting its low birthrate. About 30,400 babies were born in April, down 13.6 percent, or 4,800, from 35,200 tallied [...]
SEOUL, June 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Seoul’s taxi companies will be obliged to have their drivers wear uniforms, starting this fall, under the metropolitan government’s effort to boost the city’s image among visitors, municipal officials said Monday. The Seoul metropolitan government and labor and management of the city’s 255 taxi companies have recently reached an agreement to reintroduce the driver uniform after the system was abolished in November 2011 in favor of a [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul government is starting another sharing economy project, the third of its kind so far this year. Any companies or organizations of sharing economy businesses in Seoul can receive financial and administrative support by the Seoul government through its new project, ’2015 supporting project for sharing economy businesses and [...]