SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s railway and subway workers will go on strike against the government’s performance-based pay system later this week, marking the first joint strike between the two sectors in some two decades, labor unions said Monday. The walkout scheduled to begin Tuesday is part of a series of strikes [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – Seoul boasts one the most complex subway systems in the world, and its massive underground transportation network is also a vast source of underground water. According to a recent energy policy report from Seoul city’s auditing committee, a daily average of 68,000m3 of groundwater is discharged from 253 subway [...]
SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) – There is no doubt. Priority seats on public transportation in Korea are designated for those that are in a greater need of comfort, and they can help breed a public culture of respect and civility. But what happens when a man sits in a priority seat for pregnant women? [...]
BUSAN, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) – The pilot operation of women-only subway cars during rush hours took off in Busan Wednesday. The pilot project, limited to Busan Metro Line 1, is aimed at providing safety, comfort, and convenience to female passengers. Between 7 and 9 a.m., and 6 and 8 p.m., the fifth car on [...]
BUSAN, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) – The Busan Transportation Corporation (BTC) announced Thursday that it would start a pilot project of women-only subway cars during rush hours, starting June 22. But the move has set off intense controversy over the efficacy of such policy only favorable to women, with some saying this could be reverse [...]
SEOUL, June 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Kakao Corporation, South Korea’s mobile behemoth, revealed Thursday that it had released a new mobile transportation application called ‘KakaoMetro’. The new app is a complete overhaul of an existing Android app, Subway Navigation, which Kakao acquired back in 2015. Kakao also released an iOS version of the new app. [...]
SEOUL, June 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Police raided the headquarters of a Seoul subway operator Thursday as part of their probe into the cause of the accident that killed a 19-year-old maintenance worker on a station platform late last month. The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency (SMPA) dispatched around 100 officers to raid some 10 organizations, [...]
SEOUL, Feb.2 (Korea Bizwire) – Passengers who ride the subway’s Bundang Line might find an orange sticker on the floor in front of their seat. The stickers are part of a campaign to stop inconvenience caused by ‘manspreading’ in subways. Two oval shaped stickers are placed in the shape of a heart. When one’s feet [...]
SEOUL, Jan.27 (Korea Bizwire) – A homeless man in his 50s swung a knife in the subway headed to Jonggak station, causing passengers to evacuate. The police set out to prevent the worst case, and the man was caught near Seoul station after an hour and 20 minutes. According to the police, the homeless man [...]
SEOUL, Dec.28 (Korea Bizwire) – Kim Jong-un the North Korean leader who is also known to be a chain smoker, was spotted smoking a cigarette and then throwing the butt away inside the subway. The North Korean Central News Agency reported footage of Kim Jong-un participating in the test drive of a subway developed with [...]