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On April 2 (Sunday), Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon, who is touring the three European countries of Paris, Vienna, and London, arrived at his last destination, London. Upon arrival, he first visited the Korean War Memorial in Victoria Embankment Gardens, between the River Thames and the Ministry of Defense headquarters, to lay flowers and pay his...   Read more

< Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon visits Vienna, Austria to benchmark its public rental housing policy > On March 30, 2017 (Thursday) at 11am (local time), Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon, who is on a tour to three European countries under the theme of Sustainable City, visited Vienna, Austria. He visited Karl Marx Hof, known as one...   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

“A delegation of Big Data experts from the Ministry of Modernization of Buenos Aires visited Seoul to find a solution to revitalize small businesses in Buenos Aires. The Seoul Metropolitan Government will share their excellent policies using Big Data and conduct policy consulting for Big Data experts who visited Seoul from the Argentine capital Buenos...   Read more

The Seoul Metropolitan Government opened ‘Urban SDG Knowledge Platform’ on December 1st, 2016 in cooperation with UNESCAP and CityNet. The ‘Urban SDG Knowledge Platform’ is an intercity collaboration platform that seeks solutions to urban problems in the Asia-Pacific region to achieve ‘Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs, 2016 ~ 2030)’ adopted at the ‘International Forum on Urban...   Read more

Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) is now operating the ‘2017 Seoul Policy Experience Internship Program’ for 15 foreign public officials who are from Indonesia, Mongolia, Poland, Jordan, China, Thailand, Myanmar, Rwanda, Laos and Nepal, attending the Master of Urban Administration and Planning (MUAP) course of International School of Urban Sciences, University of Seoul, from Monday, January...   Read more

Large cities in developing countries are using the effective administrative policies of Seoul as benchmarks and striving to learn from its experiences in connection with their efforts to solve urban problems like water shortages, traffic congestion, and environmental pollution. Seeing such efforts, the Seoul Metropolitan Government, jointly with Arirang TV, made a special documentary film...   Read more

The Seoul Metropolitan Government conferred honorary citizenship to San Francisco Mayor Edwin M. Lee and presented him the citizenship certificate on Dec. 1st, 2016. Particularly, the year 2016 marks the 40th anniversary since the establishment of the sister city relationship between the two cities in May 1976. Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon held a performance celebrating...   Read more

Seoul Metropolitan City will open ‘Urban SDG Knowledge Platform’ on December 1st, 2016 in cooperation with UNESCAP and CityNet. The platform will serve as a forum for sharing urban problem-solving policies and communication. Sharing policies will help cities around the world reduce budgets, shorten the implementation period, reduce trial and error, and ultimately contribute to...   Read more

■ Internship Overview ○ Period : 2017.1.2(Mon.) ~ 2017.2.21(Tue.) (7 weeks total, 35 days) ○ Number of Recruits : 30 people ○ Current Openings : Refer to the attached document(application form) ○ Eligibility – Foreign undergraduate or graduate students enrolled in universities located in Seoul(exchange students are also eligible to apply) – Period of sojourn(visa)...   Read more

The Seoul Metropolitan Government is holding the Seoul Youth Forum on the Urban SDGs under the theme of “Engaging Youth, Sustainable Cities, and a Better Future” at the Seoul Olympic Parktel from Sept. 30 until Oct. 3. The event is being held to encourage young people to grow as world citizens and take part in...   Read more

Mayor Park Won-soon met opinion leaders in New York, and discussed how to solve urban problems and asked for their collaboration with the SMG. The opinion leaders he spoke with are individuals who have presented solutions to social problems faced by the current generation. One of the opinion leaders whom Mr. Park Won-soon visited to...   Read more