SEOUL, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The average age of household heads in Seoul was 51.8 last year, up 2.9 years from five years ago, a survey by the city government showed Tuesday. The annual survey on citizens’ lives conducted from September-October also showed the average size of households shrank to 2.33 members from 2.64 [...]
SEOUL, May 1 (Korea Bizwire) — One-person households accounted for the largest proportion of all households in Seoul at 33.3 percent, the city government said Saturday. Of 4,041 households surveyed between November and January, single-member households were the most common, followed by two members (25.8 percent), three members (20.6 percent) and four members (19.2 percent), [...]
SEOUL, April 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government plans to hold an eco-friendly campaign titled ‘Cup a Tree’ along with Starbucks Korea and the Seoul Green Trust to commemorate Earth Day on Thursday. As part of the campaign, the city will plant flowers and trees donated by Starbucks in certain barren locations inside [...]
SEOUL, April 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul metropolitan government said Thursday it is looking at schools as the first venue to introduce COVID-19 self-test kits following consultations with the central government. Park Yoo-mi, a disease control official at the city government, told a press briefing that there were many opinions in favor of introducing [...]
SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul metropolitan government is pushing to introduce rapid COVID-19 self-testing kits in schools, universities and religious facilities as part of its new campaign to safely reopen the city, officials said Tuesday. Under new Mayor Oh Se-hoon, who took office on Thursday, the city government has been working on [...]
SEOUL, April 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Newly elected Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon said Monday the city will look for ways to allow small businesses, hurt by prolonged COVID-19 restrictions, to operate longer hours and asked the central government to approve COVID-19 self-testing kits to support the plan. “Many neighborhood businesses, which are the backbone of Seoul’s [...]
SEOUL, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The ruling Democratic Party (DP) suffered a crushing defeat in mayoral by-elections in Seoul and Busan Wednesday, seen as a critical bellwether for next year’s presidential poll. Oh Se-hoon of the main opposition People Power Party (PPP) defeated his rival from the DP, Park Young-sun, 57.5 percent to 39 [...]
SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Election posters of minor candidates competing for the mayoral seat in Seoul have been damaged by voters after they publicly announced their support for feminists and LGBT rights. Seoul Mapo Police Station recently arrested perpetrators who took down election banners of Oh Tae-yang, Mirae Party’s candidate for the mayoral [...]
SEOUL, April 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul metropolitan government said Monday faster public Wi-Fi service will be available at the city’s popular tourist attractions and parks starting next month. The upcoming service will offer speed that is four times faster and simultaneous coverage 2.5 times bigger than the current one, according to the city [...]
SEOUL, April 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government launched the operation of the ‘Digital Twin Seoul S-Map’ on Thursday. The map is designed to be used in the simulation of solving urban problems by connecting a three-dimensional citywide map with administrative and environmental information. This map enables a 3D simulation to figure out [...]