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 [...]
SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Almost half of all Seoulites in their 20s and 30s are exposed to a considerable level of stress due to relationships or personal finances. Those who are struggling with employment were more likely to be getting less sleep. The Seoul Metropolitan Government conducted a survey of 14,000 city residents [...]
SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government plans to offer various support programs to 1,200 socially isolated young people this year to help them connect with society, officials said Thursday. The city plans to offer six programs tailored to the individual needs of 1,000 socially isolated youths, including in-depth counseling, confidence-boosting sessions [...]
SEOUL, April 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government will expand late night bus routes later this month in line with the country’s gradual return to normalcy from the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, officials said Tuesday. The routes for night buses operating from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. will be increased to 14 [...]
SEOUL, April 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The nine fountains in Han River parks are making a comeback after a two-year hiatus following the coronavirus outbreak. The Seoul Metropolitan Government’s Hangang Project Headquarters began the operation of the Moonlight Rainbow Fountain at Banpo Bridge on Friday. The eight remaining fountains including the Music Fountain in Ttukseom [...]
SEOUL, April 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government will actively consider building new crematoriums in addition to adding furnaces to existing ones in an effort to meet soaring cremation demand from rising COVID-19 deaths, Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon said Sunday. Oh made the remark to reporters during a visit to Seoul Memorial Park, [...]
SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Wednesday it will offer financial support for animal funerals to low-income earners for the next two years, starting in May. The recipients of basic welfare income and low-income earners will be eligible to receive kits from the city to carry the deceased pet, as [...]