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‘Youth housing in a station influence area’ of a scale of 379 households (90 public rental houses, 289 private rented houses) from five underground floors to twenty-two aboveground floors will be built in the vicinity of Yangjae Station where Subway Line 3 and the Shinbundang Line intersect. The houses will be provided at 30%-95% of...   Read more

Once again, the best Seoul policy chosen by citizens for this year was ‘Ttareungi.’ According to the results of the online and offline citizen vote on ｢Top 10 Encouraging Seoul News of 2019｣ conducted in November, ‘Ttareungi’ amassed 20,309 votes (6.4%) to rank no. 1 for three consecutive years. The citizen vote on the ｢Top...   Read more

The Christmas spirit of winter in the Mediterranean with exotic marketplaces and sparkly silver ornaments in small towns throughout Europe can now also be found in Seoul. Seoul Botanic Park, where visitors can enjoy a refreshing garden with plants from tropical regions and the Mediterranean Sea in the middle of winter, will open a special...   Read more

Seoul Metropolitan Government hosted an international conference on December 11 and 12, 2019 to share the ‘Clean Construction System’ of Seoul Metropolitan Government with eight developing countries including Thailand, Vietnam, Ukraine, Philippines, Uganda, China, Malaysia, and Myanmar. In this conference, they shared various experiences and policies and the implications of Thailand, Vietnam, Ukraine, the Philippines,...   Read more

Seoul conducted the 4th Seoul’s Excellent Hanok Certification System to register eight hanoks as the “2019 Seoul’s Excellent Hanoks.” ○ The “Seoul’s Excellent Hanok Certification System” has been conducted since 2016 to create a favorable environment for hanok architecture through the inheritance of the values that are unique to Seoul’s hanoks and to contribute to...   Read more

On December 9, Seoul held the Seoul Upcycling Forum under the theme, “Upcycling City Made by the Citizens” together with upcycling experts, activists, and citizens at the Seoul Upcycling Plaza. The forum began with a keynote speech by Ralph Wiegmann, the CEO of iF International Forum Design, to explain the true meaning of the innovative...   Read more

From November 19-26, 2019, Seoul conducted the “2019 Vote for Excellent Policies of Seoul” targeting non-Korean voters living in Korea or abroad. The online poll opened on six foreign language websites of Seoul. A total of 11,872 individuals cast their vote, among which those from English-speaking regions amounted to 73 percent, demonstrating the highest rate...   Read more

Museum Kimchikan Seoul has uncovered 88 “industrial tourism attractions” to arouse the interest of tourists from both at home and abroad, where they can experience, study, and look into a variety of industrial resources that reflect the past, present, and future of Seoul. This is the first time that Seoul compiled a list of the...   Read more

Seoul will be hosting the “S-Net Citizen’s Forum” together with citizens, academics, and companies from related businesses. The S-Net (Smart Seoul Network) project aims to realize general communication welfare and the basic communication rights of citizens. Seoul has announced the S-Net plan to invest KRW 102.7 billion by 2022 to build a fixed-mobile communication infrastructure...   Read more

On December 3, 2019, Mayor Park Won-soon spoke with Tim Dunlop, a political philosopher and the author of the bestselling book Why the Future is Workless, on “our attitude to prepare for a labor-less future.” Mayor Park Won-soon introduced the Youth Allowance System and the labor-respecting city of Seoul and shared opinions on the post-labor...   Read more

Seoul’s Safe Parcel Service for Women, which has only been available at community service centers, churches, and gas stations, can now be used at the ATM vestibules of banks. Seoul signed an MOU with Shinhan Bank on December 3, 2019 (Tues.) regarding Shinhan Bank lending spaces of ATM vestibules and supporting the operation of new...   Read more

From December 4th to 8th, 2019, the Urban Regeneration Office of the Seoul Metropolitan Government and the Seoul Urban Regeneration Support Center will be holding the 2019 Seoul Urban Regeneration Week at the Seoul Urban Regeneration Center in the Donuimun Museum Village. Seoul Urban Regeneration Week was planned to focus on “a variety of subjects...   Read more