SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of lost items reported in the Seoul subway system reached 152,540 in 2024, marking a 4% increase from the previous year, according to Seoul Metro’s latest report released on February 27. On average, 418 lost items were registered daily, meaning approximately one in every 61 subway passengers [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – As Seoul’s subway system marks its 50th anniversary, a special exhibition is set to open, offering a vibrant retrospective of how underground trains revolutionized the South Korean capital’s landscape and its citizens’ daily lives. The Seoul Metropolitan Government and the Seoul Museum of History announced on August 8 that “Seoul’s [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – An artificial intelligence-based congestion prediction system will go into pilot service on Seoul’s subway networks this month to monitor the risks of overcrowding, the interior ministry said Thursday. On a project that commenced in June, the ministry’s Integrated Data Analysis Center has developed the AI-based prediction model based on [...]
SEOUL, May 11 (Korea Bizwire) – From Band-Aid bandages to sanitary pads and ointments, a new emergency kit service dubbed ‘Goodoc pharmacy’ is coming to a Seoul subway station near you, which any subway rider can use in case of an emergency. The Goodoc pharmacy service, which was introduced by the Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transport Corporation [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul metropolitan government said Monday it will introduce new subway trains with wider seats beginning late next year. To be first introduced on Seoul subway’s No. 2 line, each seat will be widened so that six people can sit in a row instead of the current seven. According [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Smartphones have risen to be a new source of headaches for Seoul subway passengers and workers. While there are more than 40 million smartphone users in Korea, public inconveniences due to bad smartphone manners from some careless passengers are taking place underground. Recently, some subway train crews, on their own initiative, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung C&T Corporation and Hyundai Development Company, those responsible for building Seoul Subway Line No. 9 are expected to pay a fine for an alleged collusion, adding insult to injury since a sink hole accident found under the construction site has prompted significant public outcry against one of the [...]