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Mayor Park Won-soon of Seoul met with London’s Mayor Sadiq Khan at London City Hall. The two mayors discussed cooperative measures regarding the growth of innovative startups, a topic of interest common to both cities, as well as the fintech industry, attraction of foreign investments, and improvement of air quality. The two mayors first shared...   Read more

Mayor Park Won-soon will be making visits in the Middle East and Europe from May 1-8, 2019. This will be his first visit to the Middle East in six years after his visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in 2013. He will visit the three cities of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, London, England,...   Read more

Seoul Botanic Park Plant Culture Center (Greenhouse + Educational & Cultural Space) Lake Garden Botanic Garden (Medicative Garden) Greenhouse (Mediterranean Zone) Greenhouse (Tropical Zone Skywalk) Seoul’s first botanical park, Seoul Botanic Park, will officially open its doors on May 1 after concluding its trial operation. All zones of the greenhouse (Tropical and Mediterranean Zones) that...   Read more

Seoul will further extend its urban marketing with the Korea International Broadcasting Foundation’s Arirang TV, which is viewed by nearly 140 million households in 105 countries throughout the world in Asia, Europe, the Americas, and Oceania. For example, Seoul’s excellent policies or information on lifestyle, culture, travel, and events that are helpful to foreigners will...   Read more

With the opening of the 2019 Yeon Deung Hoe (Lotus Lantern Festival), Seoul will close off all lanes from the Sejong-daero Intersection to the Heunginjimun Gate, and Jangchungdan-ro, in stages, from 1:00 p.m. on May 4 to 3:00 a.m. on May 5, 2019 for the lantern parade and movement of movable Jongno Central Bus Stop....   Read more

The Seoul Danurim Tourism Center will open its doors to offer comprehensive tourism activity support for the disabled, elderly, and other citizens who experience difficulty getting around due to physical limitations. Seoul will open the Seoul Danurim Tourism Center that provides all services related to barrier-free tourism. Seoul plans to satisfy all tourism demands of...   Read more

On April 26, 2019 at 7 p.m., the “Cultural Seoul Plaza” will return. As a representative program of Seoul Plaza that presents a variety of cultural and artistic performances to citizens and tourists, the Cultural Seoul Plaza will greet visitors until October of this year, offering better and richer programs than last year. The Cultural...   Read more

Seongnagwon Garden, the one and only remaining traditional Korean garden in Seoul, will be opened to the public. With a size of 16,000㎡ and located at the foot of Bukhansan Mountain, Seongnagwon Garden will reveal its charm to the public from April 23 to June 11, 2019. Seongnagwon Garden was originally the villa of Sim...   Read more

In order to manage the cleanliness of the Hangang Park, a popular resting place for global citizens, Seoul will officially implement the “Hangang Park Cleanliness Improvement Measures.” First, the city will enforce the “Standard Bag Name System” for waste produced by businesses in Hangang Park. The Standard Bag Name System will be introduced to separate...   Read more

Seoul will designate the eleven days from April 26 to May 6 as the spring “2019 Tourist Welcome Week.” During this week, the city will hold a major event to welcome foreign guests and tourists. On April 26, the 2019 Tourist Welcome Week will take off with an opening ceremony at the Myeong-dong Welcome Center....   Read more

Seoul will host the 2019 Northeast Asia Forum on Air Quality Improvement, a conference that seeks a solution for the improvement of air quality. The two-day forum will start on May 22, 2019 in the Conference Hall on the eighth floor of Seoul City Hall and will open pre-registration online from April 22 to May...   Read more

Seoul’s representative women’s craft market, “Gamgodang-gil Craft Market,” will open its doors this year on April 20, 2019. The Gamgodang-gil Craft Market is a weekend craft market that opened in 2015 to support the market for craftswomen in Seoul. Starting this year, the market will change its name to the “Gamgodang-gil Craft Market” and be...   Read more