SEOUL, April 4 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul city government said Monday some 20 foreigners will go sightseeing around the city this week and share their experiences online. The day-long tour will start at the 63 City Building in downtown Seoul on Tuesday. The tour course includes visiting the Galleria duty-free store, taking in the sights [...]
SEOUL, Dec.3 (Korea Bizwire) – The shock effect of black market deals with analysts and fund managers involved is hitting hard at securities firms in Yeouido. Numerous trade firms and asset management firms have been investigated by the prosecution, with documents and data seized and offices searched. The investigation has revealed even more names in [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – A secret underground bunker located under the streets of Yeouido will be opened to the public for the first time in 40 years. The bunker is presumed to have been made in the 1970s. The Seoul Metropolitan Government held a briefing session to open the secret bunker, which is 8,536 square [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Wall Street in Yeouido is providing ‘zero commission’ stock trading. There was a time in 2011 when free commissions were a craze, but the period of time it was applied to was a few months, or a year at the longest. However, this time, the applied period is at least one [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – A wharf complex where people can transfer from public transportation to waterborne traffic and a large scale culture facility that will lead the Korean wave will be constructed in Yeouido, near the Han river. Linked with Hanhwa duty free stores entering the 63 Building later this year, and the [...]
SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Seoul Metropolitan Government will hold a festival at the Han River for its citizens to refresh themselves from the scorching summer. From July 17 to August 23, the Hangang (Han River) Summer Festival will offer various summer activities at its 11 parks alongside the river such as camping, a water park, [...]
SEOUL, June 18 (Korea Bizwire) – Over the past 10 years, Seoul has expanded the size of it green space with trees by 669 hectares or 3.2 times the size of Yeouido, thanks to eco-friendly policies to preserve and increase forest cover. According to a biotope map released by the Seoul Metropolitan Government on June [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The 12th Seoul International Fireworks Festival 2014 jointly hosted by Hanwha Group and SBS, and supported by the Seoul Metropolitan city government will take place at the Yeouido Hangang Park on October 4 starting at 19:30. With mesmerizing showcases by Korean fireworks designers, a total of 110,000 fireworks by [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – It is shocking that the land size that foreigners own in the Seoul Metropolitan City is as large as that of Yeouido, a large island in the Han River in Seoul and Seoul’s main business and investment banking district. Currently, Americans own about 60 percent of the entire land [...]
SEOUL, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) –Global IT firms have increasingly settled down in Gangnam district of Seoul, which has struggled with a growing vacancy rate due to the existing tenants’ relocating to other popular business towns such as Pangyo or Gangbuk regions. Over the past year, the number of international firms relocated to Gangnam has [...]