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Seoul Hosts Pavement EXPO Seoul’s Pavement EXPO 2019 will be held from June 19 to 21 at Seoul Plaza and Seoul City Hall (at the conference hall on 8F). The EXPO will be a venue for experts from pavement companies, both domestic and international, that utilize pioneering technologies, to have discussions with the residents of...   Read more

The festival that gathers cartoon and animation enthusiasts from all around the world is just on the horizon. Seoul will be holding the Seoul Promotion Plan (SPP), Seoul International Cartoon & Animation Festival (SICAF), and Seoul International Imagination Industry (Si3) this year from July 15 to 21. ① Seoul International Cartoon & Animation Festival (SICAF)...   Read more

The city of Seoul completed raising KRW 50 billion of the Fourth Industrial Revolution Fund (duration: eight years, investment: four years) for startups that are related to the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The scale of the fund exceeded the initial goal by 200 percent and Seoul will start making investments in promising startups, business ventures, and...   Read more

The city of Seoul has selected 45 safe and excellent public facilities, including benches and fences, that harmonize well with the urban landscape, as items qualified for the 22nd Seoul Good Public Design. The selected items will be allowed to use the certification mark and be provided with promotion support. The plan for the 22nd...   Read more

On June 25-28, 2019, the city of Seoul and the Lighting Urban Community International (LUCI) will host the 2019 Asia Urban Lighting Workshop, which will receive participation by urban lighting professionals and representatives from Asian countries at SKY31 Convention in Seoul. LUCI is an international association established in 2002 in Lyon, France for the exchange...   Read more

From June 28 to July 26, 2019, every Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at 8 p.m., the city of Seoul will host the Hangang Nightscape Tour around the Banpo Hangang Park. The Hangang Nightscape Tour is a tour program that will offer participants the opportunity to be guided around areas with enchanting nightscapes around Banpo...   Read more

Seoul Gives Tours of Jamsil Sports Complex Jamsil Sports Complex is a center of sports and culture in South Korea. It was the venue of the opening and closing ceremonies for the 1988 Seoul Summer Olympics and it has been a stage for performances from famous artist, both domestic and international, including BTS, Paul McCartney,...   Read more

Starting on June 11, The Seoul Metropolitan Government will be recruiting cyclists who want to ride their bicycles along the Hangang riverside bicycle lane while enjoying the offshore river breeze on July 7. Applications will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. The Seoul Metropolitan Government is operating a monthly bicycle riding campaign that started...   Read more

The Seoul City Crime Prevention (Life Safety) Design and Public Art Project won three awards at the world’s most prestigious 2019 SEGD Global Design Awards in the United States. The SEGD Global Design Awards has been operated by the SEGD (Society for Experiential Graphic Design), offering the highest awards in the fields of architecture, space,...   Read more

The Summer Garment Fashion Show is part of the Cool-Biz Campaign that has been led by Seoul city since 2005. “Summer Garment Fashion,” refers to cool and simple clothes, such as shorts, loose dresses, no ties, etc. On June 26, 2019 at 12 p.m., Seoul will host the Summer Garment Fashion Show at Cheonggye Plaza...   Read more

In order to select Seoul’s 2019 Foreign Honorary Citizens, the Seoul Metropolitan Government will be receiving candidate nominations from June 10 to July 19, 2019. Seoul’s Foreign Honorary Citizens will be selected from the international residents who have lived in Seoul for more than three consecutive years (or five cumulative years) or, among the foreign...   Read more

The Seoul Metropolitan Government (Hangang Project Headquarters) announced, “In order to openly welcome summer, we will be offering a variety of free performances on unique stages along the Hangang River during the month of June.” The 11 Hangang parks will offer a diverse array of cultural vacation programs during the summer nights, where visitors can...   Read more