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The Seoul Metropolitan Government will create a total of 56,000 jobs (11.6% year-on-year increase) in 2017. It will create new jobs in three categories, i.e. public interest, market, and manpower dispatch types of jobs, in order to increase the income of elderly people and help them lead a healthier life through social activities. First, 41,132...   Read more

The Seoul Metropolitan Government is recruiting 80 foreign volunteers to serve as ‘Seoul Quality of Life Monitors’ from February 8 to 15. After the document screening process, successful applicants will be announced on February 20 and carry out volunteer activities from March until December 2017. Composed entirely of foreign volunteers, the Monitoring Team will provide...   Read more

Namsangol Hanok Village is set to hold its First Full Moon Festival on February 11, 2017. Rice balls made with five different types of rice will be handed out free of charge to early arrivers during the day, and performances will start at 5pm. The event will close with the burning of the “moon hut”...   Read more

On June 1, 2016, the Seoul Metropolitan Government announced its Comprehensive Plan for 50+ Assistance for citizens aged 50-64, who account for 21.9% (2,190,000 people) of the city’s total population. Since then it has been striving to establish a differentiated support system for the older generations, providing counselling and education to a total of 75,752...   Read more

The Seoul Metropolitan Government will award prize money of up to 6 million won (within 80% of the total expenses may be covered) to the winner of the 2017 Foreign Residents’ Community Culture Festival Contest. With this special funding, Seoul hopes to invigorate community and cultural events for foreign residents in Seoul and provide Korean...   Read more

□ Application period: Feb. 1st to Feb. 14th, 2017 □ Eligibility: Foreign students enrolled in universities (graduate schools) located in Seoul (Number of recruits: 70 people) □ Activity period: March. 1st to Dec. 31st, 2017 (10 months) □ Volunteer Activities ○ Teach foreign languages online to elementary school students from Baengnyeongdo Island, Imjado Island, Cheonghak-dong,...   Read more

This information will introduce the cultural activities that visitors and citizens of Seoul can enjoy during the holiday of Seollal, Korean Lunar New Year’s holiday. There will be special operations for the visitors who want to make special memories at Hangang River during the holiday. After watching a romantic acoustic guitar performance on board, they...   Read more

The number of foreign tourists who visited Seoul in 2016 exceeded 13.5 million. It is the largest ever, increased by 18.8% from the 11.42 million in 2014, and 30.3% from the 10.41 million in 2015. Based on these achievements, the Seoul Metropolitan Government plans to attract 17 million tourists to visit Seoul from abroad in...   Read more

The Seoul Metropolitan Government will contribute a record-high 1 trillion won, the largest amount ever contributed by a municipal government of Seoul, with the goal of creating more than 320,000 jobs. In order to address job-related problems threatening citizens’ livelihood, such as the youth unemployment rate soaring to 10.3% and the number of unemployed youths...   Read more

The Seoul Metropolitan Government will implement the “Special Traffic Measures for the Lunar New Year holiday” so that citizens can safely and comfortably travel to their hometowns for the Lunar New Year holiday, which is a national holiday. Seoul will expand the operation of public transportation and distribute traffic volume through the urban highway traffic...   Read more

After the project during 2014~2016 by the Seoul Metropolitan Government and the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education to improve the state of 440 restrooms across elementary, middle and high schools, which had poor standards of cleanliness, the student satisfaction regarding the school restrooms reached 97%, which is remarkably high. It means the satisfaction regarding what...   Read more

I·SEOUL·U Friends is a group that promotes the I·SEOUL·U brand, which was created by Seoul citizens. They devise and execute ideas for various projects for the city of Seoul, which should be relevant, relatable and beneficial to its citizens. Just like last year, the Seoul Metropolitan Government is again recruiting ‘I•SEOUL•U Friends and encourage everyone...   Read more