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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 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

September 1, 2019, is a historical day celebrating the 111th year of Seoul’s provision of tap water to the public for the first time at the Ttukdo Arisu Water Purification Center, and November 21st is the 30th founding anniversary of the Seoul Waterworks Authority, which offered the public high-quality Arisu. Seoul is set to host...   Read more

With the rate of urban gas consumption at 98.2% within Seoul, Seoul will discover energy-vulnerable areas that do not have access to city gas for reasons of consultation that is necessary for gas pipe lines that go through privately-owned land, high-altitude bedrock areas, safety issues of old buildings, congested areas, etc. in order to supply...   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

Seoul is set to commence the ‘Era of 25,000 Electric and Hydrogen Cars’ by the end of this year. This year, 14,000 vehicles are expected to be distributed with the aim of popularizing eco-friendly cars. The amount distributed this year will be greater than 11,512 accumulated vehicles supplied over the past ten years. Seoul aims...   Read more

Seoul is set to plant 84,000 trees in six areas including Ichon Hangang Park in 2019 to implement the Hangang Forest Project for creation of heavy forests. The Hangang Forest Project will divide Hangang Park’s forest into three models by function Buffering Forest, Utilization Forest, and Ecological Forest to create forests suited to the characteristics...   Read more

Starting at 9 a.m. on February 1 (Friday), Seoul will begin distributing 7,090 divisions of land as part of “Together Seoul Eco-friendly Farms” in fourteen areas near Seoul, including Namyangju, Yangpyeong, Gwangju, and Goyang-si, on a first come, first served basis via the Seoul City website (www.seoul.go.kr). Distributed farms can be used freely between April...   Read more

Beginning with the first publication in 2016, the fourth and final volume of ‘Seoul, Themed Walking Trails’ that introduced the beautiful and varied walking trails in different corners of the city during the course of four years has been published, to complete the series of the adored books. The four published ‘Seoul, Themed Walking Trails...   Read more

Seoul signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Audi Volkswagen Korea and Korea Social Investment, for the “Green Dreaming School Route Project” that will promote pleasant and safe environments around schools. Through this agreement, every year over the next three years, from this year until 2021, a minimum of one area will be selected from...   Read more

From January 1, 2019, the Seoul Metropolitan Government will completely prohibit the use of disposable paper cups for take-out coffee, or plastic supplies for food delivery, from being brought into City Hall. The SMG will organize the campaign at the main entrance to foster awareness between the staff and the public until January 11, 2019,...   Read more

Seoul will install trial ‘disposable cup collection bins’ on streets with Starbucks Coffee Korea, the Ministry of Environment, and the Korea Zero Waste Movement Network to increase recovery of disposable cups on streets. Seoul plans to install 17 bins in the tourist congested areas of Itaewon, vicinities of universities, Gwanghwamun, and other areas with floating...   Read more