SEOUL, March 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul metropolitan government said Wednesday it plans to spend 327.1 billion won (US$264.7 million) to provide financial support to its residents as part of emergency anti-virus measures. “The city’s residents’ everyday lives have come to a stop, and the economy has also come to a stop. Some residents [...]
SEOUL, March 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Tuesday it will create urban vegetable gardens covering a total of 52,989 square meters of land in the jurisdiction this year. This is equivalent in size to more than seven soccer fields, which normally have an area of 7,140 square meters. The city, which [...]
SEOUL, March 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government will implement a “text-translation service” in which a stenographer will help people with a hearing impairment to communicate to land a job, navigate their career and practice self-development. The plan calls for sending a “text interpreter” – a stenographer – to help the hearing-impaired communicate [...]
SEOUL, March 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) will apply Internet of Things (IoT) technology to “green parking,” parking spaces created by tearing down residential walls. Through this initiative, the city plans to expand real-time parking sharing services so that individuals can share empty parking places and gain additional income. The green [...]
SEOUL, March 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced Wednesday that it will be establishing a psychological support center to reduce fear and anxiety among residents toward the coronavirus. Dr. Kim Hyun-soo, head of the Seoul Suicide Prevention Center, will spearhead the new organization, joined by doctors and art therapists. The center announced [...]
SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s Seongdong District plans to develop anti-smoking policies based on big data analysis of complaints related to secondhand smoke and punitive fines to generate a smart, smoking-free environment. The district collected data on complaints related to passive smoking, fines, outdoor non-smoking zones, traffic and educational facilities, and the floating [...]
SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government will be the first local government in South Korea to subsidize the installation of building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV), which are used to replace conventional building materials and form an essential part of a permanent building’s structure. The city said Monday it will invest a total of [...]
SEOUL, March 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) has decided to temporarily lift restrictions on the use of disposable plastic and car access to public agencies after the alert level for coronavirus was raised to red last week. The Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters and other agencies made the decision to [...]
SEOUL, March 2 (Korea Bizwire) — To prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, the Seoul Metropolitan Government will also operate “drive-thru” test centers introduced by a number of local governments in other parts of the country. The Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) on Saturday issued a public notice of “recruitment for medical support group specializing [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — A year after the Seoul Metropolitan Government designated Seongdong and Yangcheon districts as “Smart City Special Zones”, the city’s initiative to find technological solutions to urban issues is starting to pay off. The special districts are areas where new technologies and services can be applied in a real-world environment [...]