SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — More people are moving from Seoul to nearby provinces like Gyeonggi and other regions in the greater Seoul area as housing prices in Seoul continue to spike. Statistics Korea reported on November 29 that last year, a total of 402,000 residents left Seoul for other cities or provinces and [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Approximately one-fifth of Seoul youths have been exposed to digital sex crime risks, according to a Seoul city government survey Tuesday. In the survey on 4,012 students in Seoul aged between 12 and 19 conducted in July, 21.3 percent said they have been exposed to the risks of digital [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Self-driving cars will begin operations as a means of public transportation for the first time in Seoul this week, the city government said Monday, signaling a new era for commercial autonomous vehicle services. The Seoul metropolitan government said three self-driving passenger cars will start operating for ordinary citizens Tuesday [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government is launching a new energy information platform service starting from Monday. The service is designed to make it easier for each household to check the amount of energy it uses on a monthly basis. The platform provides members with information on the monthly amount of [...]
SEOUL, South Korea, Nov. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government recently held the ’2021 Seoul City Competitiveness Global Forum’ under the theme of ‘Re-running Seoul, a leap forward as a global attractive city’ at the ‘Seoul-On Video Studio’ in Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP). In order to restore Seoul’s global competitiveness, which has declined [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government will co-host a virtual international conference with U.N.-Habitat next week to explore ways to protect heritage sites in large cities, officials said Tuesday. The webinar, titled “Heritage and Metropolis,” will bring together city and heritage management experts from more than 30 cities in 15 nations [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — With home and jeonse rent prices skyrocketing and the scarcity of new homes on offer deepening in the South Korean capital of Seoul, the number of residents leaving the city has been accelerating for several years in a row. The number of residents who moved from Seoul to other [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture, a cultural foundation affiliated with the Seoul city government, has introduced the ‘Art Ttaereungyi’, a unique take on Seoul’s ubiquitous public bicycles, in collaboration with Porsche Korea. The motif on the bicycle’s frame and fork was inspired by Korean traditional patchwork wrapping [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government will temporarily lift operating day restrictions on privately-owned taxis in an effort to increase nighttime taxi services, as eased anti-virus restrictions are jacking up demand for nocturnal transportation, officials said Monday. The city will temporarily remove the restrictions under which privately-owned cabs were required to [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government has embarked on a mission to attract global financial agencies and enterprises as part of its efforts to become a global financial hub. The city government announced Thursday that it will invest about 241.8 billion won (US$205 million) over the next five years to attract [...]