SEOUL, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government will put an additional 2,000 single-person households on a special program that harnesses Internet of Things (IoT) technology to monitor and prevent unattended deaths, officials said Monday. Since late 2020, the city has been operating the “smart plug” program, under which the amounts of electricity [...]
SEOUL, April 29 (Korea Bizwire) — A large plot of public land in the heart of Seoul, designated as the site of a museum for the donated artworks of late Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee, will turn into a green resting space for citizens this year, the city government said Friday. The 37,117-square-meter plot in Songhyeon-dong [...]
SEOUL, April 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Wednesday it will distribute a self-driving car simulator that virtually recreates the autonomous driving vehicle test drive zone in the city’s western district of Sangam as open-source software. The virtual world implements a three-dimensional, high-definition map that renders even the slightest details like lane [...]
SEOUL, April 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government said Tuesday it will resume large in-person outdoor festivals across the capital following the recent removal of major virus-related social distancing rules. According to officials, the 2022 Seoul Jazz Festa will open on Nodeul Island in central Seoul later Tuesday for a six-day run until [...]
SEOUL, April 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Sunday it will offer a free animal insurance policy for 12 months to those who adopt an abandoned animal. Anyone who adopts an abandoned animal through 13 designated public agencies and institutions and registers the animal with their local government will be eligible for [...]
SEOUL, April 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Thursday that it had opened up a new AR Museum comprised of various artifacts and artworks owned by popular museums and galleries virtually rendered through augmented reality (AR) technology. Some nine private museums and galleries in Seoul are participating in the project to produce [...]
SEOUL, April 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The density of carbon dioxide caused by human activities plunged in Seoul’s downtown areas due to the enforcement of social distancing to prevent the spread of COVID-19, a study showed Thursday. A joint research group from the National Institute of Environmental Research, the National Institute of Forest Science, the [...]
SEOUL, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Tuesday it will begin studies to provide a healthy environment for rearing toddlers born during the pandemic era and growing up in the post-pandemic era. The city government first signed an agreement with the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry to organize a [...]
SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Tuesday it will operate “cooling road systems” to lower fine dust and road temperatures during the period from April to October. Designed to cool hot roads and reduce fine dust, the system consists of small square-shaped water spray devices installed in the centerline of [...]
SEOUL, April 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government has begun a trial of a new artificial intelligence (AI) food scanner at cafeterias inside Seoul City Hall and Seosomun Annex for the reduction of food waste. The food scanner automatically calculates the amount of leftover food by scanning plates at the return stand. The [...]