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Seoul will offer a “voucher taxi” service this year to 10,000 non-wheelchair using disabled individuals, which will provide such individuals up to KRW 20,000 in taxi fare. Individuals with serious physical illnesses, respiratory diseases, autism, and intellectual disabilities who were using taxis for the disabled can now use voucher taxis starting in May 2019. The...   Read more

On April 15, 2019, Seoul will open the year-round Seoul 365 Fashion Show starting at Seoul Plaza. The Seoul 365 Fashion Show was started in 2016 with the aim of promoting a 24/7 runway anytime, and anywhere, for 365 days. A total of 99 fashion shows were held at Seoullo, Gwanghwamun Plaza, and Seoul Museum...   Read more

Prior to the installation of the main stage for the 2019 Cultural Seoul Plaza, Seoul will host the “boom-up” preliminary performance on the eastern part of the Seoul Plaza in line with the theme, ”Spring’s here! It’s picnic time!” For five days on April 15, 17, 22, 24, and 26, unique attractions will unfold at...   Read more

Seoul Farmers Market to Open Every Weekend till October Seoul Farmers Market, offering a venue for farmers from around the country to gather, is set to open its doors. At the 2019 8th Farmers Market, the public will be able to buy seasonally healthy, agricultural products grown by farmers. Starting April 13, 2019, Seoul will...   Read more

The first Asia-based studio of the global innovative enterprise, Scanline VFX (“Scanline”), that shared in the production of visual effects (VFX) of large-scale Hollywood films, like The Avengers and Aquaman, will open its doors at the Sangam DMC R&D Center in Seoul this year. Scanline, with studios in Vancouver, Canada, Los Angeles, U.S., and Munich,...   Read more

Hyochang Park (total area of 160,924 ㎡) in Yongsan-gu, the burial site of seven independence activists who sacrificed their lives for country’s liberation but were not properly recognized, will be reborn as an Independence Movement Memorial Park in 2024. This is a plan to restore the historical value of the movement while properly establishing the...   Read more

Korea Provisional Government In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Korea Provisional Government (KPG), Seoul exhibited hologram (3D) images and contents at the first floor basement of Seoul Citizens Hall on April 11 to share the historical value and significance with the public. As a meaningful year of celebration for the...   Read more

a monthly bicycle-riding campaign from May to November under the theme, Biking through Seoul, to further promote bicycle use and heighten safety awareness. For this year’s inaugural event, Seoul is recruiting 1,000 participants on a first-come, first-served basis for the 1st Annual Seoul Bicycle Parade on May 12, 2019, via the Seoul Metropolitan Government website...   Read more

September 1, 2019, is a historical day celebrating the 111th year of Seoul’s provision of tap water to the public for the first time at the Ttukdo Arisu Water Purification Center, and November 21st is the 30th founding anniversary of the Seoul Waterworks Authority, which offered the public high-quality Arisu. Seoul is set to host...   Read more

Seoul plans to help daring individuals with innovative ideas and techniques to establish businesses, aid in continuing transfusion of new businesses, and help innovative businesses that are started in Seoul step out onto the world stage. To accomplish this, the city will offer mobilized support under its authority and capacity for an establishment’s whole life,...   Read more

On March 26, 2019, Seoul held a public forum with 100 infertile couples and interested Seoul residents. Seoul has been implementing Democracy Seoul to actualize Democracy in everyday life. It essentially enables the city to ▴ take suggestions with a minimum of 500 responses from proposed contents, ▴ promoting public discussion through an open topic...   Read more

Seoul will be hosting the event, “Bukchon Culture Days,” regularly on Saturdays, for residents and visitors with the theme of “Blooming Bukchon.” April’s “Bukchon Culture Days” will take place at the Bukchon Traditional Culture Center and throughout the Bukchon area, with traditional cultural experiences and performances, village trips, and lectures through which residents and both...   Read more