SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Each new elementary school student in Seoul will be given a one-off allowance of 200,000 won (US$167) beginning this year, its education chief said Wednesday. The allowance, formally named “school admission preparation subsidy,” will be first paid to about 69,800 first graders in the capital this year, Cho Hee-yeon, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A new survey showed that foreigners worldwide are deeply interested in traveling to Seoul. The Seoul Tourism Organization conducted a survey of 9,181 foreigners from seven regions across the world, 91.9 percent of whom said they wanted to travel to Seoul when foreign travel opens up. Among Korean respondents, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s ultrafine dust levels reached an all-time low last year, the metropolitan government said Sunday. The city reported that last year‘s ultrafine dust (PM 2.5 — particles smaller than 2.5 micrometers in diameter) levels averaged 19.8 ㎍/㎥, which was 23 percent lower than in 2008 (26 ㎍/㎥) when the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul has the best work-life balance among metropolitan cities and provinces in South Korea, a survey showed Thursday. The Ministry of Employment and Labor on Thursday unveiled the 2020 work-life balance index for the nation’s 17 metropolitan cities and provinces based on the results of a recent survey. The [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The cost of living was cited as the most important economic issue of 2022 by Seoul citizens, a survey showed Monday. According to the survey on 1,200 households in the capital by the Seoul Institute, 19.2 percent of the respondents said the cost of living is the top economic [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Facilities Management Corp. said Monday the creation of the ‘Ttaereungyi Metaworld’, a virtual safety education and promotion platform for Seoul’s public bicycle brand. It can be accessed by signing up on the Roblox app or Ttaereungyi’s official website. The virtual safety education platform was set up [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Monday that it will be opening ‘Zero Markets’, shops that refrain from using any disposable packaging, at 10 locations including department stores and super supermarkets (SSM). Zero Markets are eco-friendly stores that allow customers to buy the exact amount of detergent, shampoo, cosmetics and [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — In contrast to the public perception that a hike in asset prices would likely to lead to an increase in consumption, household consumption actually declined despite the recent surge in housing prices in Seoul, a study showed Monday. A 1 percent hike in apartment prices led to a decline [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Thursday it will collect coffee grounds from downtown cafes for recycling. The city plans to offer certified marks and other incentives to encourage coffee shops to throw away coffee grounds separately, collect them through district offices and send them to a recycling firm. The [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of marriages in Seoul has dropped by almost half in the past 20 years, while births of newborns also dropped by 64 percent, the city government said Thursday. Marriages in the capital stood at 44,746 in 2020, down 43.2 percent compared with 78,745 in 2000, according to [...]