SEOUL, March 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s city government and local fiber manufacturer Hyosung TNC Co. together released a series of apparel and bags produced in accordance with a plastic bottle recycling agreement. They two entities released the ‘Love Seoul’ series that includes leggings and pleat bags made from PET-based fabric. Seoul city collected plastic [...]
SEOUL, March 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul attracted a record US$10.2 billion in foreign direct investment last year despite the economic toll of the coronavirus pandemic, the city government said Wednesday. Last year was also the second consecutive year FDI in the capital city topped $10 billion, continuing an upward trend since 2017, according to [...]
SEOUL, March 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Tuesday that it is pushing to lower the speed limit for cars on bicycle-first roads in urban areas to 20 kilometer per hour. The city government plans to introduce a ‘designated low-speed lane system’ to ensure the safety of citizens riding bicycles and personal [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government has announced a plan to plant as many as 400,000 trees along 68 tree-lined streets and unused road spaces as part of efforts to reduce fine dust as well as to create rest areas for citizens. Unlike the past when the same trees were monotonously [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The road around Gwanghwamun Square will be partially closed starting March 6 to make room for an ambitious renovation project, the Seoul city government said Monday. Sejong-daero, which currently lines both the east and west sides of Gwanghwamun Square, will be closed on the west side starting at midnight [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul city government has launched a campaign to support flower farmers struggling to survive the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. The floral industry has been suffering from a sharp decrease in demand, with special events cancelled and scaled down, since the onset of the new coronavirus pandemic early last [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, the number of public transport passengers dropped sharply in Seoul last year, dealing a heavy blow to the finances of the bus companies that are operated under the semi-public management system. According to the Seoul Metropolitan Government, 1.45 billion passengers used the city’s [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul metropolitan government will test pet cats and dogs for COVID-19 if they show symptoms, an official said Monday. The new program will start the same day, several weeks after the country reported its first COVID-19 case involving a pet in a kitten in the southeastern city of [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — People in Seoul spent less time working than usual and more time on media during the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, a city government survey showed Thursday. According to the online survey of 1,000 Seoul citizens aged 18 to 69, people worked an average of 5 hours and 19 minutes [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government said Friday that some of its charnel houses will close during the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday to help contain the spread of the new coronavirus. The city-affiliated Seoul Facilities Corp. (SFC), which operates 15 cemeteries and memorial parks, will close five indoor charnel houses [...]