SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The accumulated membership of Seoul’s public bike service has surpassed 2.78 million, largely due to high demand for personal transport means amid the coronavirus pandemic, the city government said Wednesday. The tally translated into one in every four Seoul citizens using the city’s unmanned bike rental service, dubbed Ttaereungyi [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced on Wednesday that it will release a mobile app that offers a wide variety of information on public transport, including alerts that are issued when the user’s routes overlap with those of confirmed COVID-19 patients. The mobile app ‘My-T’ is scheduled to be released [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The increase in the number of coronavirus patients in the country last year resulted in more people riding Seoul’s public bicycles. Seoul reported a 24.3 percent increase in the number of customers using “Ttaereungyi,” the city government’s public bicycle service last year compared to the year before. The monthly [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s Yeongdeungpo District Public Health Center said Wednesday that five new smoking booths have been added to non-smoking streets in the financial district of Yeouido to minimize the risk of passive smoking while protecting the rights of smokers. The booths have an open design, allowing natural ventilation to prevent [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — An art installation shaped like a giant moon has been constructed on a dock on the Han River, the Seoul city government said Monday. The installation, named “Dalbitnodeul,” which means “Nodeul under the moonlight,” is made up of two circular metal structures, each 12 meters in diameter, adjacent to [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s Seocho District announced Monday that a new smart motion sensor warning system had been set up at the crosswalk near Shindong Elementary School to improve children’s safety. The new system, set up this month, consists of a camera, LED monitor, speaker, and a pole. The three cameras attached [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul Metro, the operator of the city’s vast subway system, said Wednesday it had replaced fixed-type safety doors (3,810 units) and advertising boards at the platforms of 132 subway stations encompassing its lines No. 1 to 8 with foldable models that can be used as emergency exits. In particular, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government said Wednesday it is offering 800 billion won (US$721 million) in low-interest loans to small businesses hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. Acting Seoul Mayor Seo Jeong-hyup unveiled the plan during a press briefing, saying small business owners can apply for up to 30 million [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The city government of Seoul said Wednesday it will conduct COVID-19 tests on all workers at facilities with high risks of virus infections, such as courier companies and nursing homes. Seo Jeong-hyup, the acting Seoul mayor, announced the plan during an online press briefing, as South Korea’s daily new [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Tuesday implemented stringent coronavirus restrictions, effective for the coming three weeks, as a third wave of the pandemic tightened its grip on the country. The government imposed the second toughest curbs of the five-tiered virus restriction system in the capital area, which has been experiencing a [...]