SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoulites, living in one of the world’s most congested metropolitan cities, are reflecting on the dangers of overcrowding following the Itaewon crowd crush. Just like any other day, the evening rush hour in Seoul is met by heavy congestion in the subway. Now, however, people seem to have a [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A number of subway stations in Seoul have experienced a similar level of congestion as seen during the the deadly Halloween crowd crush, a wireless carrier said Thursday. SK Telecom Co. reported that data records between August 1 and October 31 showed a congestion rate of 252 percent in [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government will carry out emergency checks on the congestion and safety of subway stations following the deadly Itaewon tragedy. The city announced these plans on Wednesday during an administrative audit by the Seoul City Council’s Transportation Committee. “The city and Seoul Metro (the operator of the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of subway police officers is on a declining trend despite a steady increase in subway crimes, data showed Tuesday. There were 2,946 crimes that occurred at subway stations across the country in 2021, up 3.8 percent from the figure recorded in 2016, according to the National Police [...]
DAEJEON, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Railroad Corp. (KORAIL) has developed a new system that uses artificial intelligence (AI) technology to check the core components of subway systems operating in the greater Seoul area on a real-time basis as well as to predict the cycle of subway breakdown. Supported by the Ministry of [...]
SEOUL, June 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s city government plans to sell the names of subway stations and bus stops to the private sector as a means to overcome its burgeoning losses. Seoul Metro, the operator of the Seoul subway system, recently said it will begin selling the rights to endow a secondary name to [...]
SEOUL, June 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Late-night services on all subway lines in Seoul will fully return to the pre-pandemic level by early August, subway operators said Monday, following two years of them being scaled back over COVID-19. According to Seoul Metro and Korail, the operators of subway services in the capital, the weekday operating [...]
SEOUL, May 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The labor union for the Seoul subway said Saturday it reached an agreement with the Seoul city government to extend public transportation operations past midnight, two years after they were scaled back due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Unionized workers of Seoul Metro, the operator of the Seoul subway system, [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Starbucks Korea said Thursday it has opened its first store inside a subway station in Seoul as part of its expansion strategy in Asia’s fourth-largest economy. The new branch opened on May 12 inside Gangnam station in a posh neighborhood in southern Seoul. It is designed to offer quick [...]
BUSAN, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The Busan Mass Transit Citizen’s Funds Foundation said Monday it will apply a new design introducing the southern port city of Busan’s famous tourist attractions to some of the city’s intra-city buses and subway cars. The Busan Marine Bus and the Metro Marine, both scheduled to be operated until [...]