SEOUL, April 24 (Korea Bizwire) – A vertical marathon race dubbed Sky Run was held at Lotte World Tower yesterday. During the international marathon event held at the newly opened landmark building in Seoul’s Songpa District, over 900 participants from around the world raced up 123 floors to the top of the towe – 2,917 stairs [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent study by the Seoul Institute has revealed that Seoul’s three richest districts – Gangnam, Seocho, and Songpa – have lower female obesity rates than other neighborhoods in the capital. According to the study, the obesity rate for adult men residing in Seoul was 31.7 percent and for [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Mar 25 (Korea Bizwire) – On March 19, a bus driven by a 60-year-old driver, surnamed Yeom, ended up causing a huge chain-reaction collision as it galloped down the street in Songpa District, the southeast of Seoul. To the shock of the public, Yeom reportedly had been driving for over 18 hours on [...]