SEOUL, April 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul Metro, the operator of the subway service in Seoul, said Wednesday it will launch a mobile application this week that will help foreigners navigate the cobweb of the metropolitan city’s subway lines. The application for foreigners, named Seoul Subway, will enter into service on Thursday, providing information on [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s subway lines are gaining popularity as a filming location for movies and TV dramas. Seoul Metro, the city-run operator of the subway system in the capital, said that the subway was used as a filming location 216 times last year, up from 66 times in 2020 and 86 [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A typical day for 66-year-old Hwang Se-ja begins with riding a city train from her house in the small town of Yangpyeong, 45 kilometers outside of Seoul, to her daughter’s house in the capital city’s downtown to babysit her young grandchildren during the day. The 80-minute trip — which [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The environment ministry plans to reduce ultrafine dust levels at subway platforms nationwide by 17 percent by 2027, officials said Monday. The plan was part of the ministry’s five-year subway air quality improvement program announced during a meeting of government ministers in charge of social issues. Under the plan, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul Metro, the operator of the subway system in Seoul, has filed a damages suit against a disability rights advocacy group over its subway-riding protests, city officials said Tuesday. The city-run company filed the suit with the Seoul Central District Court on Friday seeking damages of 601.45 million won [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Subway and public bus fares in Seoul are likely to rise by 300 won (US$0.24) starting as early as next April to meet growing budget deficits after a freeze for nearly eight years, city government officials said Thursday. The planned hike will bring the base subway and bus fares [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Subway fares in Seoul and some nearby cities are expected to rise next year after a yearslong freeze, as operators have failed to secure sufficient funds to compensate for a growing deficit. On Saturday, the National Assembly passed a 638.7 trillion-won (US$497 billion) government budget for 2023 but did [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul metropolitan government said Monday it will make subway trains not stop at a station if necessary, amid planned subway riding protests by a disabled advocacy group to demand better mobility rights. Demanding measures to improve their rights to free movement and budget for disability rights, the Solidarity [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s subway operator is implementing safety measures to prevent subway crimes in collaboration with the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, officials said Sunday. Seoul Metro, the operator of the capital’s vast subway system, installed safety mirrors in 99 locations including escalators and stairs that are vulnerable to illegal photography and [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — One of the two foreigners who painted illegal graffiti on subway cars after breaking into a subway depot in South Korea has been apprehended by the Romanian police. Incheon’s Nonhyeon Police Station said Monday it had asked the Romanian government to turn over a 26-year-old American charged with trespassing [...]