SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Monday it will launch a marine sports tryout program every weekend from June 3-Sept. 3. The program will offer tryouts for sailboats, stand-up paddle boats, and kayaks. Additionally, the city government will introduce the Black Cat Yacht program, which entails a scenic cruise along [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government will conduct test flights of “flying vehicles” on a route between Yeouido and Jamsil next year as part of a project to commercialize new means of transportation in urban areas around 2025, officials said Friday. Flying vehicles, known as urban air mobility (UAM), use highly [...]
SEOUL, May 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Wednesday it will launch support programs to preserve residential areas with Korean traditional houses known as “hanok.” The city government will offer subsidies for the repair of structural issues, such as leaking tiled roofs, pillar corrosion, and the detachment of plaster caused by the [...]
SEOUL, May 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government on Thursday denied the use of Seoul Plaza for the annual festival of the LGBTQ community. The decision came after the citizen committee on Seoul Plaza operations reviewed two requests submitted for the use of the plaza from June 30 to July 1, the city [...]
SEOUL, May 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Digital Foundation, a digital arm of the Seoul city government, on Tuesday launched a new service that allows users to raise pets in Metaverse Seoul, a metaverse ecosystem for administrative services. Users can adopt 10 kinds of virtual pets, such as dogs, cats, and rabbits, in the [...]
SEOUL, April 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government on Wednesday announced a pilot project to promote the chemical recycling of waste hanging banners in partnership with chemical firm SK Geocentric Co. The initiative involves removing strings and poles from discarded banners and sending them to SK Geocentric to determine if they can be [...]
SEOUL, April 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced that subsidy applications will open on Wednesday for purchases of electric motorcycles, including delivery bikes. The city government plans to subsidize the cost of 1,400 electric motorcycles for the first half of the year. This includes 900 ordinary motorcycles (64 percent), 360 delivery bikes [...]
SEOUL, April 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul Metro, the operator of the subway service in Seoul, said Wednesday it will launch a mobile application this week that will help foreigners navigate the cobweb of the metropolitan city’s subway lines. The application for foreigners, named Seoul Subway, will enter into service on Thursday, providing information on [...]
SEOUL, April 25 (Korea Bizwire) — As electric vehicles continue to gain popularity, the importance of accessible and efficient charging infrastructure has become increasingly apparent. In response, the Seoul Metropolitan Government has announced plans to assign AoT (Address of Things) to charging stations, simplifying the process of locating them for EV drivers. Previously, the most [...]
SEOUL, April 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government and the state tourism agency signed an agreement Wednesday with the Korean unit of French luxury fashion house Louis Vuitton to promote tourism in South Korea, city officials said. Under the agreement signed among Seoul, the Korea Tourism Organization and Louis Vuitton Korea, the three [...]