SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ansimi App, a safety app designed by the Seoul Metropolitan Government to help citizens return home safely at night, has reached 110,000 downloads just 11 months since its introduction. Ansimi App is connected to some 40,000 closed-circuit television feeds installed across Seoul to monitor real-time situations and provide [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government on Thursday hinted at delaying an ambitious plan to develop Gwanghwamun Square, a plaza in the city’s center that has become a symbol of democracy following candlelight vigils in 2016 demanding the impeachment of then President Park Geun-hye. “We are prepared to do anything for [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — One of the famous late Korean-American video artist Paik Nam-june’s major works will be on display in Seoul later this week, the Seoul city government said Thursday. “The three-month exhibition of Paik Nam-june’s ‘Suite 212′ will start Saturday via a 29×7.7-meter big screen, called the Seoullo Media Canvas, at [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — An island on Seoul’s landmark Han River that was abandoned for half a century will reopen as a recreational complex encompassing a forest and concert hall later this month, the metropolitan government said Wednesday. The 119,854 square-meter Nodeul Island, located near the country’s financial district of Yeouido, will open [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — A major literary festival will bring together dozens of award-winning novelists and poets from home and abroad in Seoul next month for discussions and events with local literary fans, organizers said Wednesday. The eighth edition of the Seoul International Writers’ Festival (SIWF) is set for Oct. 5-13 at Dongdaemun [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — For the first time in South Korea, Seoul will run a garden for the disabled. Nowon District in Seoul said Tuesday it will run a barrier-free facility that will allow even those in wheelchairs to garden. The 120-square-meter garden is designed to allow knees into planting boxes for those [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The first King Sejong Institute center in Seoul will open next month to meet rising demand for learning Korean language and culture from foreigners living in South Korea, its operator said Wednesday. King Sejong Institute Foundation said it will test run Yongsan Sejong Institute in Yongsan, central Seoul, from [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government said Wednesday that it will provide free tours of its ancient city wall under the moonlight. The moonlight tour that takes participants to old roads and villages along the defensive stone wall built during the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) will take place on Sept. 24 and [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Soon, one will be able to meet delivery robots that deliver food and parcels in Seoul. The Seoul Metropolitan Government will support the demonstration of delivery robots and Internet of Things (IoT)-based water management systems using self-driving technology for up to one year starting in October. Delivery robots and [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul is getting smaller and older in terms of population and could soon cease to be a megacity with over 10 million inhabitants, the capital’s government said Tuesday. According to the city government, the total number of residents in the capital was 10,049,607 as of the end of last [...]