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Seoul is hosting the 5th Cheonggyecheon Upcycle Festival together with social enterprises from October 15 to 21, 2019, at the section between Cheonggye Plaza and Gwangtonggyo Bridge. During the festival, Cheonggyecheon Stream, the symbol of recycling and restoration, will turn into an artistic space displaying upcycled artwork that were created from abandoned waste. “Upcycle” is...   Read more

Seoul will hold the 18th Seoul Silver Grass Festival in Haneul Park from October 18 to 24, 2019 when the period the growth of silver grass reaches its peak. Haneul Park, the location of the festival, was once a landfill before being reborn into a park in May 2002. Visitors can enter the park during...   Read more

Mayor Park Won-soon participated in the “Making a Clean Seoul, Hej Plogging” event held at the Banpo Hangang Park lower waterside (Yebitseom Island) stage on October 12, 2019 with 1,500 other participants. After warming up and basic running training with the citizens, Mayor Park took part in the “Walking Plogging” course, which involved the activity...   Read more

As a Solar City and metropolis that has demonstrated innovative climate leadership, Seoul was selected the final winner in the renewable energy category of the annual C40 Cities Bloomberg Philanthropies Awards. This is the second time Seoul was given this award after its first in 2014, and the reception of this award was an opportunity...   Read more

With the opening of the 2020 S/S Seoul Fashion Week, which will take place from October 14 to October 19, Seoul is expected to catch the attention of fashionistas from around the globe with a colorful fashion show by Korea’s top and rising designers, 120 brands in total, and professional order negotiations by e-commerce buyers....   Read more

Vietnam shows a high preference for Korea as a medical tourism destination, having sent 7,532 medical tourists to Korea in 2018 (ranking 8th in number of medical tourists). Ho Chi Minh City, the venue for events, is Vietnam’s core economic city with twice the average GDP per capita of Vietnam itself. Current status of Vietnamese...   Read more

By 2022, Seoul will be a data-free city where anyone can access free public Wi-Fi wherever they go. The public Internet of Things (IoT) network will be extended to all areas of Seoul for the use of shared parking, smart streetlamps, disappearance prevention, and other citizen-related services that utilize IoT sensors. The 12 million overseas...   Read more

Five active global influencers, including beauty creators, based in foreign countries who have thousands or millions of subscribers will become honorary ambassadors for Seoul who will advertise Seoul to the global community. Those five include ▴ VRZ0, the online prince in Thailand and a creator in the fields of entertainment and game who has 6.02...   Read more

Seoul will be hosting the 2019 Seoul Drone Challenge in the Hangang Drone Park in Gwangnaru on October 12, 2019. The event will let visitors experience operating drones, a core field in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. 2019 Seoul Drone Challenge, organized by the city of Seoul, will be operated to expand the base related to...   Read more

On the occasion of the 100th National Sports Festival, the city of Seoul has extended a special invitation to 14 descendants of persons of distinguished service to the independence of Korea who are living overseas, in Cuba, Mexico, China, and the United States. The special invitation was made with the purpose of reflecting the historical...   Read more

The 2019 Seoul Garden Fair (October 3-9) has kicked off. While pervious garden fairs took place in a large park, this year’s edition is being held in Haebangchong, an downtown residential area with a long history, in line with the theme of “Gardens, Seeds for Urban Restoration.” This year, the garden fair is aiming at...   Read more

Park Won-soon, the Mayor of Seoul, gave a welcoming speech at the opening ceremony of the 100th National Sports Festival that took place on October 4, 2019, at the main stadium of the Jamsil Sports Complex, Seoul. Beginning with the opening ceremony, the 100th National Sports Festival will see 47 events take place in 72...   Read more