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The 2020 Seoul Innovation Week will be held online under the theme of “City Transition, Waves of Innovation Making Together” for three days from November 25 to 27 Experts from ten cities, including Barcelona, Amsterdam, and Paris, will gather and explore practical action plans for the city transition Renowned speakers including Kate Raworth, Nani Pajunen,...   Read more

Seoul will create the “relaxing and pedestrian-friendly” Gwanghwamun Square based on over 300 times of discussions with citizens over the last four years The construction work will be started in the eastern section of the Square with preventing traffic and pedestrian inconvenience The road on the western section will be replaced with a pedestrian road,...   Read more

Volunteer activities of the Seoul 50 Plus Foundation for the protection of daily communication and learning rights for the deaf 114 volunteers participated and received the kit to make masks at home Deliver to faculty, students, and managers at 10 related institutions in Seoul SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA, November 23, 2020 – Seoul 50 Plus Foundation...   Read more

The Seoul Design Foundation launches the Dongdaemun brand support project and will hold the “Dongdaemun On-Time Fashion Festival” from November 27 to 29 The festival is an online live commerce fashion festival under the slogan “See Now, Feel Now, Buy Now, Wear Now” It will run three-day live commerce events with Naver Shopping and e-commerce...   Read more

A new parking service using the automated payment system has been opened in the city so that drivers do not need to stop or show their transportation cards to pay the parking fee anymore The discount is provided for the citizens who use the wallet-free parking lot until June 2021 with up to 10% With...   Read more

Seoul establishes its Comprehensive Plan of Universal Design, aiming to realize the design welfare without being discriminated against age, gender, disability, and nationality According to the plan, the city government will make it mandatory to apply the Universal Design to all public buildings from 2021 The Seoul Universal Design Center that serves its role as...   Read more

Seoul hosts the 2020 Seoul International Travel Mart online from November 6 to 27, inviting around 1,200 domestic and international tourism agencies Seoul establishes an online platform to which cutting-edge digital technologies are applied to arrange online business meetings between buyers and sellers in real-time Virtual Reality tour programs are also available so that Seoul’s...   Read more

Imposing fines after guidance on wearing a mask rather than immediate punishment to strengthen quarantine and prioritize civil health Operate emergency response teams for 24-hour mask handling in each district in preparation for confusion in the early stages of the crackdown On the morning of the 13th, a campaign to crack down on and wear...   Read more

Seoul hosts “Taste of Seoul,” a differentiated contactless gourmet festival, from Nov. 11 to 15 Restaurants and star chefs selected in the “Seoul’s 100 Restaurants & Bars” join the festival During “Restaurant Week,” people can order gourmet food from chefs’ restaurants at home Live cooking classes using Gochujang (red hot pepper paste sauce) developed by...   Read more

Seoul will additionally create the Green Transport Zone in the Gangnam and Yeouido neighborhoods until the end of this year After the full-scale operation of the Zone, overall traffic volume decreased by 12.8 percent, and that of vehicles in Grade 5 has decreased by 45.9 percent Once the collection of the citizens’ opinions through the...   Read more

Digital education will be provided using robots for 3,000 senior citizens from November 2 in five autonomous districts among 25 in Seoul “LIKU,” a robot specially developed to provide customized one-to-one programs, will teach senior citizens in real-time how to use mobile messengers The pilot operation in August showed that more than 87 percent of...   Read more

Seoul integrated the annual events for universal design and social problem solving design and hosts the first Seoul Design International Forum from November 5 to 6 The forum brings together domestic and international experts who are actively working to create a sustainable society through design The forum provides a chance to think about the value...   Read more