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 [...]
SEOUL, April 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul metropolitan government said Thursday it will resume operation of its city bus tours later this week. The buses will start running again from Saturday, about a year after the city government suspended the tours in March last year as part of efforts to contain the spread of [...]
SEOUL, March 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul saw its first cherry blossom blooming of this year on Wednesday, the earliest in 99 years, the state weather agency said. The blooming of cherry blossoms began in the capital on the earliest date on record since observation began in 1922, the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) said Thursday. [...]
SEOUL, March 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Thursday the launch of the ‘Arterior’ project, in which regional artists help improve the design of signboards, interiors and product packaging for old stores in their neighborhood. Arterior is an abbreviation of the two words – art and interior. The project aims to improve [...]
SEOUL, March 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Wednesday that it will expand the scope of ‘Smart City’ trial services this year. Since 2019, the city government has studied the effect of the smart city services by running trial programs in Seongdong and Yangcheong districts. The city plans to launch four new [...]
SEOUL, March 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Wednesday that the city had set up ‘smart poles’, which function as street lamps, traffic lights, Wi-Fi base stations, and closed-circuit television cameras, at 26 locations throughout the city including Seoul Square and Sungnyemun Gate in downtown. The city plans to come up with 10 [...]