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Three directors of disaster prevention from the City of Pasig in Metro Manila, Philippines will be visiting Seoul for three days starting March 4 to acquire know-how for the creation of a smart city from Seoul, which has been ranked ‘No. 1 in E-Government’ since 2003. Last May, Seoul dispatched an on-site inspection team upon...   Read more

Seoul announced the 2019 Seoul MICE Industry Promotion Basic Plan as the foundation for comprehensive promotion of the MICE industry, a high value-added, futuristic growth engine, and prepares to take steps in earnest for a full-scale launch of the project. In the year of 2018, MICE Seoul achieved remarkable results. It succeeded in attracting 186...   Read more

Sogong Underground Shopping Center, Jung-gu, Seoul, which connects Seoul City Hall to Myeong-dong, has become smart with various IoT technologies of domestic start-ups. Seoul Metropolitan Facilities Management Corporation turned the Sogong Underground Shopping Center into “a smart underground shopping center” based on five fourth-industrial-revolution-related IoT technologies to enhance the safety and convenience of the citizens....   Read more

Seoul Metropolitan Government supports young people through the Free Suit Rental Program for Job Seekers, which they can use up to 10 times a year to reduce the cost of job seeking. Up through the end of 2018, a total of 56,913 young job seekers used the Free Suit Rental Program for Job Seekers, helping...   Read more

On March 1, 1919, resisting against Japanese colonial rule of Korea, a group of Korean demonstrators initiated the non-violent Manse Movement (shouting ‘Long Live Korean Independence!’) to announce all over the world that Joseon is an independent nation and to participate in building world peace, which formed the basis for the establishment of the Provisional...   Read more

<Background> After Japan’s forceful occupation of Korea in 1910, the Korean army raised in the cause of justice and patriotic martyrs initiated the independence movement throughout the nation, fighting against the unjust invasion of Korea by Japan. The Japanese Government General of Korea imposed forceful military rule and inflicted severe oppression on the Korean people,...   Read more

Seoul will offer citizens news about water quality through the Arisu app for easier access to tap water information. The Arisu app will be available on the Arisu website (http://arisu.seoul.go.kr) starting February 22, 2019, and users can select neighborhoods on the map for water quality information, Arisu’s supply routes and water quality per route, construction...   Read more

Korean independence fighters were not the only people who fought for the Korean independence movement, foreigners also played a role in the nation’s independence. In light of the 100th anniversary of the March First Independence Movement, a special exhibit will shed light on the role of the “Blue-eyed Independence Fighters” who left their countries to...   Read more

In mid-February 2019, at the earliest, female-only taxis and automatically allocated call taxis that do not have the option of choosing passengers will be made available to citizens in Seoul. The names of the taxis for this service will be ‘Waygo Blue Taxis’ for automatically allocated taxis that cannot choose passengers, and ‘Waygo Lady Taxis’...   Read more

Seoul to Establish Learning Centers in Each Dong by 2022 to Open the Era of Lifelong Learning Seoul is set to entirely expand <Neighborhood Learning Centers>, which are spaces for lifelong learning in neighborhoods and near offices, for all citizens to easily and conveniently participate in lifelong learning. By 2022, Seoul will install Neighborhood Learning...   Read more

The custom employment program for open recruitment during the first half of the year offering information and preparations for employment such as CV preparation consulting, ID photo shoot, interview training, etc. will officially be in full operation at the ‘Seoul Job Café’ starting in March. The ‘Seoul Job Café,’ located in Jongno, Sinchon, and other...   Read more

The <Dilkusha> with its red bricks and arched windows is the uniquely named house of ‘Albert Taylor,’ the American who first reported the March First Independence Movement overseas. As the space of a Western Person of Distinguished Services to Independence who contributed greatly to Korea’s independence, the significance of the 100th anniversary of the March...   Read more