SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Metropolitan Government is reportedly considering a 24-hour subway, amid growing calls for longer operating hours, which could see the city join the likes of London, Berlin and New York with a 24-hour transit system. Earlier this month, the Seoul Metropolitan Government announced Seoul Metro is looking for [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government is ramping up its efforts to attract tourists from Taiwan and Southeast Asian countries amid a drastic drop in the number of Chinese visitors. Over 2,000 employees from a Taiwanese food franchise company are expected to travel to the South Korean capital on a group trip [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul taxi drivers still have an attitude issue, according to the sheer number of complaints filed with the Seoul Metropolitan Government so far this year. Data released by the city government on Sunday revealed that 9,115 complaints related to taxi drivers had been filed between January and June, with unfriendly [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — A new online survey has revealed Seoul Bike is the most popular government-operated sharing service among residents of Seoul. The survey, conducted by the Seoul Metropolitan Government last month with a sample of 2,500 Seoul residents, showed the satisfaction rate among users was over 91 percent, the municipal government [...]
SEOUL, July. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — With over seven in 10 people using a smartphone, it’s not a rare sight in South Korea to see pedestrians walking down the street blissfully oblivious to their surroundings, or a subway train carriage packed with commuters completely immersed in what’s on their phone screen. Though it might seem [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced plans on Wednesday to invest in public sharing economy infrastructure at apartment blocks in an effort to encourage the development of communities that share. Dubbed ‘Sharing Village’, Seoul’s new infrastructure project will see bicycle and car sharing facilities, which are often scattered around the city, [...]
SEOUL, June 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Living in another country is an experience fraught with challenges. Even something as simple as using public transport can be difficult if you don’t speak the language or don’t have accurate information. As the number of foreign residents in Seoul was estimated to be nearly 280,000 as of last [...]
SEOUL, June 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Nearly seven in ten Seoul residents say they have little to no hope of moving up the social ladder, giving social equality in South Korean society a score of 4.5 on a scale of one to ten. When asked about the prospects of improving their social and financial status [...]
SEOUL, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) – Seoul’s efforts to reduce energy consumption have come to fruition, as the city’s efficient energy use policy saw the energy equivalent of one and a half nuclear power plants saved in recent years. Between 2012, when the Seoul Metropolitan Government first launched its energy saving project, and June 2014, nearly [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Metropolitan Government has announced plans to hold a unique photo exhibition later this month showcasing pictures of school bathrooms that have been renovated, as part of a city initiative to improve the quality of school bathrooms. The photo exhibition, which will be held on the first floor of [...]