SEOUL, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Anyone carrying a tumbler or a personal cup can get free water from local cafes and restaurants in Seoul without having to order food or drinks. The Seoul Metropolitan Government on Friday began the Oasis Seoul Project, which involves cafes and restaurants offering free water to prevent heatstroke among [...]
SEOUL, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) — A new service that predicts traffic jams on major roads in Seoul will begin later this year. The Seoul Facilities Corp. said it will begin a big data-based traffic jam prediction system in November. The prediction system will cover eight major roads including the Gangbyeon Northern Highway, Olympic-daero and 12 other major [...]
SEOUL, July 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government on Monday announced plans to develop and install unmanned digital terminals and kiosks for the elderly, people with disabilities and digitally vulnerable people in a bid to cope with the digital divide problem. The city government said it will first develop unmanned terminals by year’s [...]
SEOUL, July 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Tropical nights, during which the temperature stays above 25 degrees Celsius at night, are becoming more severe in Seoul and nearby areas, a study showed Sunday. A research team from the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology analyzed daily low temperature data from 1979 to 2018, which showed [...]
SEOUL, July 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Thursday that it will develop a new artificial intelligence (AI) service that automatically searches and deletes video footage of sexual crime online. The service is capable of tracking down videos of sexual crime online with high accuracy, sending out requests to take the videos [...]
SEOUL, July 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Thursday that it will introduce a new virtual reality (VR) program that allows seniors to revisit their happiest moments. The city held a demonstration of the program at a local welfare center, where seniors could revisit their lost hometowns, places they’ve visited with their [...]
SEOUL, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Tuesday it will allow advertisements to be placed on bikes from its public bike service to overcome deficits. Tthe city’s unmanned bike rental service, dubbed Ttaereungyi in Korean, faced deficits of 9 billion won (US$6.88 million) in 2019, 9.9 billion won in 2020 and [...]
SEOUL, July 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A fully-refurbished Gwanghwamun Square, a landmark in central Seoul, is expected to open to the public soon, city government officials said Monday. The construction to expand the square and turn part of it into a park is expected to be completed by the end of this month or early [...]
SEOUL, July 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The act of obstructing charging activities for electric vehicles will be punishable by fines in all 25 districts in Seoul starting in August. The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Thursday that the number of districts penalizing the obstruction of EV charging activities will increase from the current 12 to 19 [...]
SEOUL, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government, along with the King Sejong Institute Foundation, announced that it will provide a free online Korean language education platform, the Seoul City Online King Sejong Institute, for foreigners for six months starting on July 1. The King Sejong Institute Foundation is a public subsidiary of [...]