SEOUL, Dec. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government is preparing for outdoor festivities in various locations to celebrate both Christmas and winter. At Seoul Book Bogo, Seoul’s landmark bookstore located in Songpa District, a Christmas tree has been set up with used books to create a photo zone. Sejong Center for the Performing [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul metropolitan government on Monday announced plans to run additional night buses to meet demand for the year-end season when getting taxis becomes more difficult. The city government said it plans to operate additional night buses running on nine routes — N13, N15, N16, N26, N30, N37, N61, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The most popular festival among Seoulites is the Yeouido Spring Flower Festival, a recent survey showed. The Seoul Metropolitan Government conducted an online survey of 1,000 adults residing in Seoul, 51.3 percent of whom said they had been to the Yeouido festival. Other festivals included the Seoul International Fireworks [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s Gocheok Skydome will be hosting a special event screening free K-Pop video performances and independent films. The Seoul Metropolitan Facilities Management Corp. will screen videos of previous concerts by South Korean star Psy, the 2018 Korea Music Festival, and other popular K-pop videos on an electronic display on [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul city on Thursday announced plans to open a new library and concert hall in areas of the capital that were previously considered underdeveloped and lacked cultural facilities. Under the plan, the city will pump in 387.8 billion won (US$325.6 million) to build a library in Dongdaemun ward in [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Ultrafine dust concentrations surged to “very bad” levels in the Seoul metropolitan area Tuesday, due largely to a steady influx of Chinese smog into the stagnant air over the Korean Peninsula, forcing local governments to issue a fine dust advisory. According to the Air Quality Forecasting Center affiliated with [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government plans to build a new Art Path that connects City Hall’s main gate and the sidewalk on the north side of the complex. The Art Path connects Korean traditional design with modern architecture by reinterpreting the Cheoma style used in Korean traditional mansions to fit [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Foreigners chose ‘free Wi-Fi’ as Seoul’s best policy. According to the Seoul Metropolitan Government’s survey of foreign residents in and out of the country on the city’s top policies from November 19 to 26, free public Wi-Fi across Seoul ranked first on a list of the top 12 policies. [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) will train resident ‘regulators’ to resolve conflicts and disputes between neighbors. The SMG and the Seoul YMCA completed the training of 309 residents from May to November as part of an initiative to develop a network of so-called neighborhood regulators who will help resolve [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government on Wednesday won an administrative suit filed by a taxi company which had claimed a punitive step taken by the city over the refusal of its drivers to accept passengers is excessive. In the suit lodged on Nov. 14, the company, whose name was undisclosed, [...]