SEOUL, Feb. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government and universities in the capital on Friday announced a set of measures aimed at helping Chinese students enrolled in local schools as the coronavirus outbreak shows no sign of abating. The measures include providing shuttle bus services from the airport to schools for students who [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — More people moved from Jeju to Seoul than from Seoul to Jeju last year for the first time in more than a decade. According to an analysis by Zigbang Co., South Korea’s top real estate info application, there was a net inflow of 10 people from Jeju to Seoul [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – In Seoul, the concentration of PM-10 (fine dust particles smaller than 10 micrometers in diameter) typically reaches its highest level shortly after commuting hours in the morning, a recent study showed. A report by Prof. Heo Chang-hoe from Seoul National University published on Saturday showed that fine dust in [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Metropolitan Government’s discount system for public transportation fares, including transfer discounts, saves 160,000 won (US$135) per person annually, a recent study showed. According to an analysis of the city’s data on public transportation traffic patterns last year, each person saved 530,000 won per year only calculating the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul city said Tuesday it has launched a telephone and online consulting service for foreigners on the novel coronavirus. The Southwest Global Center, a support organization for non-Korean residents affiliated with the city government, operates the information line in eight languages — English, Chinese, Vietnamese, Filipino, Pakistani, Nepalese, Mongolian [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of stray cats in Seoul has declined 54 percent over the past six years. The number of stray cats within city limits is estimated to have dropped 53.6 percent from 250,000 in 2013 to 116,000 last year, the Seoul Metropolitan Government said Monday. The city suggested that [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Metropolitan Government plans to create a digital map that tracks the routes taken by coronavirus patients. The map will focus on public facilities in the city where the patients have stayed, offering information on the names of the facilities, time and date of the patient’s visit, displacement [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The roof of the Cecil Theater in Jung District, Seoul, which was the center of the small theater culture in the 1970s and 1980s and the most popular place to catch a Korean play, will be transformed into a public rest area. The Seoul Metropolitan Government signed a business [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of subway users in South Korea’s capital and nearby metropolitan areas fell 15.3 percent, data showed Thursday, apparently reflecting concerns over the new coronavirus. A total of 37.7 million people used subway lines No. 1 to 8 between Jan. 28-Feb. 2, compared with 44.5 million in the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The construction of a massive film culture complex featuring not-for-profit theaters began in Seoul’s Chungmu-ro district, a symbolic place for the nation’s film industry, on Wednesday. The Seoul metropolitan government said it started the construction of the film-themed complex building, named Seoul Cinematheque, on a former public parking lot [...]