SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government said Wednesday it will host a drone festival this weekend at which it will showcase various drones and hold a drone race. The weekend event will take place at the Gwangnaru Hangang Drone Park in eastern Seoul on Saturday, according to the Seoul Metropolitan Government. [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul metropolitan government said Tuesday it has installed air-purifying filters on 97 percent of public buses operating in the city. The move comes amid growing concerns over fine dust air pollution, which is known to be a potential cause of respiratory diseases and cancer. Following a test-run last [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul plans to introduce a foreigner-only transportation card with unlimited access to the subway by the end of this year. The Discover Seoul Pass, to be released by Seoul Metro Corp., will allow foreign tourists to access all subway lines (except Korail sections) as well as designated cultural facilities [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — A ‘Safe Delivery Service for Women’ was introduced in Seoul in 2013 for the first time in South Korea. Now, a new service where safety is guaranteed for those wishing to send a package will be rolled out. ‘Safe Delivery Service for Women’ was launched as a service that [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — An annual festival on traditional Korean art and culture will kick off later this week in central Seoul, organizers said Tuesday. The “Insa Korean Art and Culture Festival: 2019 Insadong Exposition” will be held in Insadong, a multitude of small streets with craft shops and galleries, on Thursday for [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government plans to carry out a construction project known as the Compact City to offer homes to younger Seoulites by redeveloping traffic islands, old sites used by rainwater pump stations, and other unused public property. The Seoul Housing and Communities Corp. (SH) announced on Thursday a [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie is making headlines as she was seen traveling around Seoul ahead of her 18-year-old son Maddox Jolie-Pitt’s entrance to Yonsei University just a week away. People have posted pictures of Angelina Jolie and her son on Instagram and other social networks and shared the moment [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The government of Seoul said Tuesday it will build five more municipal libraries across the city by 2025 to help reduce cultural infrastructure gaps among citizens. The five new libraries, each with a gross floor area of about 9,000 square meters, will be built in Naebalsan-dong of Gangseo Ward, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — A new “comfort women” memorial statue will be unveiled in Seoul this week, when the nation marks International Memorial Day for Comfort Women amid its intensifying diplomatic and trade conflict with Japan, officials said Monday. The new statue, made by a nonprofit association of Korean residents in San Francisco [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The Moon Jae-in administration has formally put the brakes on Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon’s ambitious bid to renovate Gwanghwamun Square, a national landmark located in the heart of the capital, officials said Thursday. According to the officials, the Ministry of the Interior and Safety sent an official notice to [...]