SEOUL, Oct. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government unveiled measures to drastically enhance its flood response systems Thursday, including upgraded disaster prevention targets, deep underground rainwater tunnels and advanced evacuation warning systems. The 10-year comprehensive plan came two months after a record-breaking rainfall in early August left 14 people dead and six others [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced that it will provide real-time information on the status and time of traffic lights at major downtown crossroads for free through a public portal starting from Wednesday. Any citizen can check this information for 788 major crossroads within the city on a real-time basis [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul city government will additionally ban Grade 4 diesel vehicles, the second lowest in the country’s five-tier emission standard, from the city’s central areas starting in 2025 with a goal of dramatically reducing air pollutants, the mayor said Wednesday. Mayor Oh Se-hoon announced the measure as part of a broader [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Monday it will open up the country’s first protective facility for stalking victims next month. The city will remodel three protective facilities originally intended for victims of domestic violence to accommodate stalking victims (two for women, one for men). The facilities will be able to [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government held the so-called space-out contest on Sunday after a three-year hiatus resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. On a hot and sunny afternoon, many Seoul citizens gathered around Jamsu Bridge, where the competition was being held. Among 3,800 people who applied to participate in the competition, [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The mosquito population in the greater Seoul area has dropped significantly following the series of heavy showers last month. The Seoul Metropolitan Government collected 55,677 mosquitoes in August through a digital mosquito monitoring system set up in 25 districts, which was 35.8 percent fewer than last year. The number [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Wednesday it will open pet care centers for socially vulnerable groups on a trial basis. The project, to end on Dec. 22, aims to support vulnerable groups who face difficulties arranging accomodation for their pets in case of a long-term absence. The pet care [...]
SINGAPORE, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – STACK Infrastructure (“STACK”), the digital infrastructure partner to the world’s most innovative companies and a leading global developer and operator of data centers, and ESR Group Limited (“ESR” or the “Company”, together with its subsidiaries as the “Group”; SEHK Stock Code: 1821), APAC’s largest real asset manager powered by the New [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Autonomous Police Commission said said Tuesday it will begin a pet patrol program in which members engage in crime prevention activities as they take their pets on a stroll. The committee, following positive feedback from a test project conducted in Gangdong District in May and June, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — A night market along the Han River in southern Seoul is set to reopen later this week, city officials said Monday, after a nearly three-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Seoul city government had previously operated a number of night markets in different locations to attract tourists [...]