BUSAN, Jul. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Unionized subway workers in Busan, a major southern port city, went on indefinite strike Wednesday over a pay dispute. The walkout by Busan Metro’s labor union began at 5 a.m. after its last-minute wage hike negotiations with management fell through the previous night. The union said about 2,400 of [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The underground sidewalk from Seoul City Hall to Euljiro will be reborn as a cultural and artistic street by the end of this year. According to the Seoul Facilities Corporation, the main purpose of the project is to decorate the walls, ceilings and floors of the underground sidewalk, excluding [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — ‘Smart Station’ services, first tested last April at Gunja Station located along Seoul Subway Line 5, will be introduced to Line 2. Seoul Transportation Corporation announced on Wednesday that it will turn all 50 stations on Line 2 into Smart Stations by next March Smart Stations allow integrated management [...]
DAEJEON, Jul. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — A team of South Korean researchers has developed a new algorithm that can predict failures in the ventilation system located throughout Seoul’s subway network. The National Institute for Mathematical Sciences (NIMS) and Seoul Transportation Corporation announced on Monday that they have developed a new program that automatically detects part [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Did you know that small handles attached to the bus seat and iron bars that stretch all the way down to the subway floor are designed for both adults and children? The Center for Civic Awareness & Policy Making pointed out that despite the original intent, these devices being [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Many people are preoccupied with using their smartphone when they take the subway. Instead of fatigued eyes from watching flashy videos on a small screen, how about taking a break and looking at art work? The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA) said it will showcase “modern [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Fine dust levels can now be monitored in real-time throughout all stations on Seoul’s subway lines 1 to 8. Seoul Metro Corporation announced on Wednesday that 840 air quality sensors have been installed at 277 stations and several trains operating on subway lines 1 to 8. Seoul Metro plans [...]
BUSAN, Jun. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The Busan Transportation Corporation announced on Wednesday that it will expand its “Pink Light” service, a notification device for pregnant women, which is currently operating on the city subway lines No. 1 and 3, to all lines starting from the second half of this year. “Pink Light” is the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – A South Korean business person is calling out Subway, the sandwich franchise headquartered in the U.S., for having an unfair franchise agreement and conciliation policy. The franchise agreement stipulates that when a Subway restaurant is ordered to shut down by headquarters, the only way for the restaurant to challenge the [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Following backlash over its decision to disallow advertisements regarding feminism and politics in subway facilities, Seoul Metro has decided to ban all advertisements that feature personal views of individuals or interest groups. But experts say that the decision is bound to be controversial as the exact nature of what [...]