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Seoul City has announced the ｢Seoul City’s Four-Year Municipal Plan (2019-2022)｣. This will include the master plan that will accomplish ‘Seoul’s 10-year revolution that changes my life’ based on innovation and changes of the past seven years. The vision of ｢Seoul City’s Four-Year Municipal Plan (2019-2022)｣, drawn from discussion and deliberation with experts and public...   Read more

Seoul will lower the threshold of public support for vulnerable classes, the elderly, and the disabled and construct a solid welfare foundation with the relaxation of 2019 Seoul-Type Basic Livelihood Security for those obligated to support their families, provide expanded support for Dolbom SOS Center facilities and Seoul emergency welfare, etc. In addition, the budget...   Read more

Seoul Metropolitan Library will open its first themed book exhibition entitled <BEST> in the new year of 2019 at its six collections rooms from January 15 (Tue) until January 31 (Thu). In light of the Year of the Golden Pig, books that have been loved continuously since the opening of Seoul Metropolitan Library in October...   Read more

Seoul Arena, the first national concert hall for top K-pop artist performances, featuring various stages with a powerful sound system, will open its doors in 2024. As the nation’s largest indoor performance venue accommodating 18,400 spectators, it surpasses that of the Olympic Gymnastics Arena and other current performance facilities. The new arena will be home...   Read more

Seoul conducted the 2018 Sharing City Policy Awareness Survey over the course of six days from December 6-11, 2018, targeting 1,000 Seoul residents over 19 years of age in order to identify the general awareness of residents regarding shared policies to create a plan for the promotion of policy. The survey aimed to research policy...   Read more

Seoul Metro acquired the ISO/TS 22163 certification, an international quality management system of rail organizations, by the International Organization for Standardization in the field of railway maintenance as the first urban railway operation agency in Korea. Korea Metro is the second in the world to receive the ISO/TS 22163 certification in the railway maintenance field...   Read more

New Way of Thinking Creates a New Economy– Park Won-soon’s 10 Proposals for Economic Revitalization 1. Dear citizens of Seoul and fellow officials of the Seoul Metropolitan Government, It seems only yesterday that I first came to work as the mayor of Seoul with the conviction in my heart that “Citizens are the mayor,” and...   Read more

In light of its 3rd anniversary, the Seoul city brand, , announced the results of a survey taken by nearly 5,000 locals and international residents. According to the survey, eight out of ten citizens (84.0%) were aware of the Seoul brand , upon reaching the landmark of its third year anniversary. Results showed that 42.0%...   Read more

The collaboration between Cheongwadae and young artists has resulting in the exhibition, Peace, A New Inspiration at Sarangchae. The exhibition will feature the works that provide a refreshing reinterpretation of the changes that have been brought about thanks to the blossoming of peace on the Korean peninsula featuring 46 paintings, two murals, and one media...   Read more

Seoul Metropolitan Government operates the 2018 Winter Garden of Seoul Botanic Park from December 24 to February 2019 at the Plant Culture Center (greenhouse), the Open Forest, and the Lake Garden of the Seoul Botanic Park. Inside the greenhouse, the landmark of the Park, there is a seven-meter-tall Christmas tree and citrus tree decorated with...   Read more

From January 1, 2019, the Seoul Metropolitan Government will completely prohibit the use of disposable paper cups for take-out coffee, or plastic supplies for food delivery, from being brought into City Hall. The SMG will organize the campaign at the main entrance to foster awareness between the staff and the public until January 11, 2019,...   Read more

Seoul Metropolitan Government publishes Changes in Seoul Living in 2019, providing useful information on the newly-conducted businesses in 2019, the opening of public facilities around the corner, and policies and measures closely related to everyday life. Changes in Seoul Living in 2019 introduces a total of 44 businesses in five categories: ① 11 businesses in...   Read more