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 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government will hold a town meeting with foreign residents later this week to listen to their suggestions to make the city a better place to live in, officials said Thursday. The event will be held at the Seoul Global Center in central Seoul at 2 p.m. [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The average price of Seoul apartments has soared more than twofold in about five years under the current Moon Jae-in administration, according to a civic group analysis Wednesday. According to the analysis by the Citizens’ Coalition for Economic Justice (CCEJ), an apartment in Seoul fetched 43.09 million won (US$36,590) [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Monday that it had mapped out a string of measures to ensure the safety of pedestrians around drive-thru stores that will take effect from this month. Drive-thrus are a common type of take-out service that allow customers to purchase products without leaving their cars. [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — As the difficulty in hailing a cab at night remains persistent, the Seoul Metropolitan Government and taxi companies are renewing efforts to recruit taxi drivers. The city government and the city’s 125 taxi companies plan to host a job fair for taxi drivers on Wednesday, the first of its [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government has established a system to ensure the swift rescue of citizens attempting suicide on bridges spanning the Han River. The Seoul Metropolitan Fire & Disaster Headquarters said Thursday that it had set up an integrated Han River Bridge CCTV control center within the Ttukseom Rescue [...]