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 [...]
SEOUL, April 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government will provide 1 million won (US$757.92) in a postpartum care subsidy starting in September to families with newborn babies in the capital, city officials said Tuesday. Under the program, all families that have lived in Seoul for at least six months will be entitled to [...]
SEOUL, April 11 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Monday it will implement a new system enabling citizens to request radiation tests for food. Under this system, any citizen or civic group in the city can request a test for food suspected of radiation contamination. After reviewing the applications, the city government will [...]
SEOUL, April 10 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul metropolitan government on Monday opened a general hospital dedicated to treating pet plants inside the Seoul Agricultural Technology Center. The new institution provides an expert prescription of ill plants by diagnosing the health condition of the plant. Severely ill plants will be hospitalized for a three-month concentrated [...]
SEOUL, April 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Raising big chick balloons and other Easter symbols, about 4,000 Christians marched in central Seoul on Sunday in South Korea’s first large-scale Easter parade. Paraders, some featuring a procession of the Ark of the Covenant and a cross structure and others with musical instruments and in inline skates and [...]
SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Wednesday it had created green spaces at two youth centers aimed at enabling teenagers who are excessively exposed to digital media to find mental stability by experiencing nature. The Play Ground, established at the Boramae Youth Center, consists of a series of gardens. The [...]
SEOUL, April 4 (Korea Bizwire) – While housing prices began to drop last year, households making the median income still struggle to buy apartments in Seoul, data showed Monday. Last year’s housing opportunity index for the capital city was 3.0, which indicates that only 3 out of 100 apartments in the city are within the [...]