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The Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) is accepting applications for resident businesses with the upcoming July opening of Seoul Media Lab, a media start-up support facility currently under construction. Start-ups and future entrepreneurs with creative ideas in media can apply, and resident businesses will be able to move into the newly built facility as well as...   Read more

As of April 2020, the number of employment insurance subscribers in the manufacturing industry has amounted to 3,541,000 following the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic. Compared to that of the same period of the previous year, the number decreased by 40,000, which is the biggest drop after the foreign exchange crisis in 1997. Seoul plays a pivotal...   Read more

– Establishment of Seoul-type Standard Disinfection Model and Ways to Reinforce Medical System for Response to Disasters – (11:00 AM, Monday, May 20, 2020) Seoul establishes the Seoul-type standard disinfection model and reinforces the medical system for response to disasters. Today, I would like to speak to our citizens about measures for the establishment of...   Read more

With concern of local reinfections from the mass outbreak of COVID-19 at clubs in Itaewon and bars near Hongik University, the Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) will provide masks to people with disabilities who urgently need assistance from those around them due to the restriction on activities. This will apply to 385,846 individuals with disabilities who...   Read more

MOU signing ceremony for Seoul’s Stimulus Checks for the Self-Employed The Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) will begin receiving applications for Stimulus Checks for the Self-Employed on Mon, May 25. The stimulus checks will support those who are self-employed and small business owners who are suffering due to COVID-19. Online applications will begin on May 25,...   Read more

Recently, in the midst of COVID-19, Mayor Park Won Soon of Seoul has had over 20 times of video conferences and seminars with mayors of major cities, such as Los Angeles, the vice president of Colombia, and CEOs of global companies. On these occasions, Mayor Park Won Soon shared the disinfection measures of Seoul and...   Read more

□ Internship Overview Period : 2020.7.6(Mon) ~ 2020.8.21(Fri), (8 weeks total, 35 days) Number of Recruited Individuals: 29 individuals(public: 16, private: 13) – Public (Seoul Metropolitan Government office and affiliated organizations/divisions) : 13 divisions, 16 individuals – Private (strong but small, Seoul-type businesses): 7 enterprises, 13 individuals ※ Strong but small, Seoul-type businesses: Businesses among...   Read more

On May 12 (Tues.), the Seoul Metropolitan Government held a launching ceremony to announce the beginning of the “demonstration of autonomous driving mobility” together with Mapo-gu Office, Seoul Institute of Technology (SIT), and private participants including 9 companies and universities. Major figures, including the Director of the City Transportation Office of the SMG, Head of...   Read more

With summer just around the corner, the Seoul Metropolitan Government has announced “2020 Comprehensive Summer Measures.” Due to the unprecedented circumstances caused by COVID-19, the municipal government established measures for this summer that are centered around the response to the contagious disease, concentrating on daily disinfections, prevention of the spread of COVID-19, and protection of...   Read more

-Anonymous testing and intensive control of quarantine regulations in entertainment facilities- (11:00 AM, Monday, May 11, 2020) <Current State of Mass COVID-19 Outbreak in Clubs of Itaewon, Seoul> The mass COVID-19 outbreak that started in clubs located in Itaewon is currently spreading both locally and nationally. The total number of confirmed cases related to the...   Read more

Seoul has prepared measures for using public transportation while practicing the “distancing in daily life” campaign for the safety of public transportation users resuming their normal lives. The key points of the measures include the dispersion of passengers through the prediction of congestion times, a strict order to wear masks to prevent the spread of...   Read more

63 cultural facilities that have been closed since February 25, 2020 to prevent the spread of COVID-19 reopened after about 70 days. To practice the “social distancing in daily life” campaign, the Seoul Metropolitan Government will be gradually resuming operation of these facilities based on an advanced reservation system and partial openings. On May 6,...   Read more