SEOUL, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Apartment prices in Seoul have risen the most during President Moon Jae-in’s term compared with previous administrations, a report by a civic group showed Tuesday. The average price of 82.6-square-meter apartment flats in the capital rose by 450 million won (US$375,438) on average during the first three years of [...]
SEOUL, July 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Sunday it will lift coronavirus restrictions on museums, galleries and libraries in the Seoul metropolitan area starting Monday, as the virus outbreak appears to be slowing down. The health authorities asked the public facilities to introduce an electronic visitor registration system based on quick response (QR) [...]
SEOUL, July 19 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Metropolitan Government said on Sunday that it will sharply increase the number of electricity-powered buses as part of the country’s green mobility campaign. The municipality of Seoul plans to add 166 electric buses in the second half, raising the annual purchase of such vehicles to 257 in [...]
SEOUL, July 16 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 10,000 aged diesel cars, known as one of the major causes of fine dust, have already been scrapped in Seoul this year, following measures offering subsidies to people scrapping old cars to purchase new ones and banning certain automobiles from being driven in the downtown area. Seoul [...]
SEOUL, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Welfare facilities in Seoul that were closed due to the new coronavirus that hit the country in late January will start running again this month, the Seoul city government said Wednesday. Under the plan, 553 facilities for the disabled and the elderly, including job training classes, free kitchens and [...]
SEOUL, July 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government plans to introduce new vertical gardens by planting trees and flowers on building walls as part of its initiative for urban greening. The city completed construction of vertical gardens across 1,000 square meters at the Donuimun Museum Village last month and plans to open them [...]
SEOUL, July 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon on Wednesday unveiled a plan aimed at making South Korea’s capital carbon neutral by 2050, such as eventually banning internal combustion engine-powered cars and capping emissions at big buildings. The plan is part of the city’s efforts to go greener. The city aims to cut [...]
SEOUL, July 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Subways running across South Korea’s capital will get contactless gates that will allow passengers to pass through without directly tagging their cards, the Seoul metropolitan government said Thursday. The city’s subway operator plans to inject 2.9 billion won (US$2.4 million) to set up 556 “tagless gates” at subway stations [...]
SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul city is moving to provide emergency relief funds to foreigners living in the capital city that could benefit some 100,000 households, municipal authorities said Tuesday. The city government said that Seoul Metropolitan Council earlier in the day passed a 2.23 trillion-won (US$1.86 billion) extra budget bill that includes [...]
SEOUL, June 26 (Korea Bizwire) — During spikes in the number of coronavirus infections, a higher number of people were found to have used shared public bicycles instead of public transportation. The Seoul Institute of Technology reported that the number of people using the subway or bus in Seoul during the first week of March, [...]