SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon said Wednesday the city will reduce bus and subway schedules and expand COVID-19 testing to fight the recent resurgence of the virus amid a record high number of cases. At a press briefing, Oh said bus schedules will be scaled back starting Thursday and subway [...]
SEOUL, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul metropolitan government said Tuesday it will ban drinking at Han River parks every night between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. starting the next day. The ban was announced Sunday as part of the central government’s toughened social distancing guidelines for the capital area, which has recently seen [...]
SEOUL, July 5 (Korea Bizwire) — More than one third of adults living in the city of Seoul haven’t engaged in sexual intercourse in the last 12 months, a recent survey showed. Yum Yoo-sik, a sociology professor at Yonsei University, together with infectious disease professor Choi Jun-yong conducted a survey of 2,182 men and women [...]
SEOUL, July 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul has suffered its largest population decline in five years, with the soaring housing prices likely driving people out of the capital city, data showed Sunday. According to figures compiled by the Ministry of Interior and Safety and provided to People Power Party Rep. Tae Young-ho, Seoul had a [...]
SEOUL, July 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government plans to introduce a new project later this year whereby coffee shops will offer customers multi-use cups for take-out orders. The new project involves customers paying a small deposit at the store to take out drinks in a multi-use cup, which can be returned anytime [...]
SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Six more bridges straddling the Han River in Seoul will be lit at night from July, adding to the 20 bridges that already have nocturnal lighting features, the city government said Wednesday. The 26 bridges, including the newly fitted six — Achasan Bridge, Mapo Bridge, Cheonho Bridge, Dumo Bridge, [...]
SEOUL, June 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul citizens’ economic sentiment rebounded to near pre-COVID-19 levels in the second quarter, a report showed Monday. According to the report by the Seoul Institute, a city-run think tank, a survey of 1,200 households in the capital found that the consumer sentiment index (CSI) rose 3.9 points from the [...]
SEOUL, June 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government will introduce examinations late this month to certify bicyclists and promote a safe environment for bicycles. The examination consists of written and performance tests, and is based on the new safety education standards for bicycles set by the city this year. The test is divided [...]
SEOUL, June 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Could the Han River Park, a popular destination for a get-together over “chimaek,” or fried chicken and beer, become an alcohol-free zone? The Seoul city government started to gather public opinions online Thursday on prohibiting alcohol consumption in public places, ahead of the enforcement of a revised public health [...]
SEOUL, June 24 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study showed that the most cost effective policy for the reduction of fine dust among the initiatives pursued by the Seoul metropolitan government is a measure targeting the mitigation of vehicle emissions. A report released on Wednesday by the Seoul Institute, a think tank for the Seoul [...]