SUWON, Mar. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – A festival featuring Japanese adult video (AV) performers scheduled for next month in Suwon, South Korea, has sparked backlash from women’s and civic groups, labeling the event as an act of sexual exploitation. On March 12, the Suwon Women’s Network, comprising seven women’s organizations, along with a coalition of about [...]
SUWON, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Shinsegae Property has announced the upcoming grand opening of Starfield Suwon on January 26, heralding a new era of Starfield 2.0 tailored to the MZ generation (born early 1980s to early 2000s). Located in Jeongja-dong, Jangan-gu, Suwon, Starfield Suwon spans eight floors underground and eight above ground, with a total [...]
SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Double-decker electric buses will begin operating in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province for the first time. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced that seven low-floored double-decker electric buses began operation in Suwon on Monday. Three of the buses will run on the 7780 line that goes from the Gwonseon, [...]
SUWON, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The Suwon city government in Gyeonggi Province last week held its first public funeral of an unclaimed body, an individual who turned out to be a recipient of the national basic living security program. The recipient was found dead in a guest room at an old inn around Suwon [...]
SUWON, Jul. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The lobby on the first floor of Suwon City Hall in Gyeonggi Province has turned into a fashion show for shorts. About 300 city hall officials gathered in the lobby as models dressed in shorts walked out on a runway set up in the middle of the lobby with [...]
SUWON, Jun. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Suwon, in conjunction with the Suwon Climate Change Education Center and Suwon Climate Action Network, plans to begin a ‘heat map’ project for citizens. Participants will measure temperatures in various locations in Suwon from July 13 to August 31 and collect information involving heat waves and [...]
SUWON, Nov. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Suwon, Gyeonggi Province plans to expand its urban forest by 2022 to tackle fine dust. The city announced on Monday that it plans to reduce average fine dust levels by 30 percent before 2022, by expanding urban green spaces by 30 percent. Tree planting, covering urban [...]
SUWON, Oct. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Efforts to save a zelkova tree over 500-years-old in Dano Children’s Park in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, which lost four large branches during this year’s summer monsoon season have been ongoing for over four months. Local government officials in Suwon, along with arborists, have been taking care of the new [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — In August this year, the heat stress index was found to be at its peak in almost all areas of Suwon, Gyeonggi Province as the heat wave was at its peak. The National Institute of Environmental Research and Jeju National University analyzed the weather conditions in nine areas in [...]
SUWON, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – The city government of Suwon, Gyeonggi Province has installed large cubes of ice at 14 bus stops across the city in an effort to help citizens cool down. Two ice cubes, each weighing 30 kilograms, are delivered by ice makers and installed in front of each bench at designated [...]