SEOUL, June 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s municipal government said Saturday it has translated its guidelines on separate disposal of food waste into 10 foreign languages for distribution to foreigners living in the capital. The 10 languages are English, Chinese, Vietnamese, Japanese, Russian, Mongolian, French, Malay, Hindi and Thai. The government said the move comes [...]
SEOUL, June 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government’s Hangang Project Headquarters announced on Wednesday that it has decided to donate agricultural crops such as canola, rye and barley cultivated at parks along the Han River to the Seoul Grand Park Zoo and social welfare organizations. The Hangang Project Headquarters have cultivated agricultural crops [...]
SEOUL, May 22 (Korea Bizwire) – In its latest effort to contain the new coronavirus, the Seoul city government on Friday ordered all coin-operated karaoke rooms in the city to suspend business ahead of the weekend. Under the administrative order which has taken effect, 569 “coin noraebang” will be banned from hosting guests until further [...]
SEOUL, May 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government is pushing to establish a public school of medicine for the first time in the country. The initiative is interpreted as Seoul’s move to preemptively respond to infectious diseases at a time when the importance of the public health system has increased due to the [...]
SEOUL, May 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government will install free miniature-sized solar panels at security guard posts in apartment complexes to help workers prepare for the scorching summer heat. The city announced Tuesday that it will distribute 2,000 solar panels – two modules each – to 1,000 guard posts at designated apartment [...]
SEOUL, May 18 (Korea Bizwire) — More residents in South Korea’s capital appeared to be concerned about the new coronavirus pandemic lasting longer here following the recent outbreak traced to nightspots in Itaewon, a poll showed Monday. A combined 53.3 percent of respondents in a recent survey projected the pandemic would end in December or [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul metropolitan government said Tuesday it plans to operate 10 unmanned vehicles and robots in the city’s western region, as the capital of one of the world’s most wired nations beefs up its smart mobility infrastructure. The city said it will begin operating three minibuses, four sedans and [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Buses in Seoul will be able to keep their windows open while running air conditioners as part of precautionary measures against the coronavirus, the city government said Tuesday. The measure, applicable to buses on all routes, comes amid concerns that air conditioning in closed spaces may result in spreading [...]
SEOUL, May 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Subway passengers in Seoul will be required to wear face masks during crowded hours starting this week as the city government seeks to curb community transmissions of the new coronavirus, the city government said Monday. The Seoul metropolitan government unveiled a set of measures that will begin being implemented [...]
SEOUL, May 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced Sunday that it can now locate hollow spaces underground five times faster than before using an artificial intelligence (AI)-based automatic analysis program to prevent ground subsidence. The program was developed jointly by Seoul’s city government and Sejong University, and was introduced in the field [...]