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 [...]
SEOUL, April 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Monday it will open libraries in Gwanghwamun Square and Seoul Plaza to celebrate World Book Day (April 23), an annual event organized by the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization to promote reading, publishing and copyright. The libraries will be available until November. In [...]
SEOUL, April 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government’s welfare foundation said Monday it will launch a “safety check” service on a trial basis for 1,000 households at risk of solitary death in Gwanak District. As part of the service, the foundation will verify the risk of solitary death in advance for socially isolated [...]
SEOUL, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A ceremony was held on Thursday to celebrate the start of the Wirye tram line construction. Once the construction is complete, trams will return to Seoul for the first time in 57 years. The Wirye Line, scheduled for completion in 2025, will run 5.8 kilometers from Seoul Metro’s Macheon [...]
SEOUL, April 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government has partnered with a group of domestic petrochemical companies to conduct a pilot project that recycles plastic waste using thermal pyrolysis technology. The city government on Tuesday signed a business agreement with GS Caltex Corp., HD Hyundai Oilbank Co., LG Chem Ltd. and SK Geocentric [...]