SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul has the 16th-best startup ecosystem among cities across the world, an annual report by an American research firm showed Thursday. According to the Global Startup Ecosystem Report 2021 released by Startup Genome, a San Francisco-based research firm, South Korea’s capital ranked No. 16 on the list of 280 [...]
SEOUL, South Korea, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — At the ‘City Seoul, Branding K-beauty’ conference of ’2021 NEWSIS K-Expo’, which was broadcast on YouTube from 5 pm KST on 16th of September, overseas panels who participated online and domestic panels who participated offline came up with plans for K-Beauty to grow along with the Korean Wave [...]
SEOUL, South Korea, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon said, “We will make the beauty industry a strong growth engine for Seoul. We are establishing specific action plans for nurturing related infrastructures.” Mayor Oh delivered a keynote speech at ‘The NEWSIS K-Expo 2021: Seoul Beauty Industry Branding Conference’, which was broadcast on [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Tuesday that it will start a ‘neighborhood animal hospital’ program that offers medical treatment for pets raised by members of vulnerable groups. The program will help financially vulnerable groups to provide medical treatment for their pet animals, including basic health check-ups, mandatory vaccines and [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon unveiled a master plan for the capital in the coming decade Wednesday, promising to tackle growing inequality and push regulatory reforms. The Seoul city government will work to close gaps in housing, education, jobs and social welfare, enhance the city’s global competitiveness and create a [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul city government said Thursday it has rejected an application from a LGBTQ festival organizer to establish a non-profit foundation, citing concerns of social conflict if the request were to be approved. The city government sent a letter Wednesday to the Seoul Queer Culture Festival (SQCF) Organizing Committee [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Tuesday that it had completed the installation of public Wi-Fi at 2,340 bus stops with platforms as part of efforts to help lower citizens’ telecom expenditures. The public Wi-Fi service was installed first at major median bus lanes, including those on major thoroughfares in [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — In the midst of the growing voices for the establishment of gender-equal organization culture, the Seoul city government plans to expand the number of night shifts offered to female civil servants. At the Seoul Waterworks Authority, women will be encouraged to work the night shift. Night shifts require workers [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government said Sunday it will remove fare collection boxes from more than 170 Seoul city buses starting in October to test the operation of an all-digital fare payment system. Fare boxes from 171 buses on eight Seoul city lines run by two companies will be removed [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul Metro, the operator of the city’s vast subway system, announced the opening of the 12th Seoul Metro International Subway Film Festival on Tuesday. This festival, slated to run until Sept. 12, brings together 1,093 films from 63 countries, the largest ever in its history. The films on the [...]