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The city of Seoul selected seven winners of the 2019 Seoul Children’s Grand Park Video Contest. The contest was conducted in order to spark citizens’ interest in the Seoul Children’s Grand Park in Neung-dong, Gwangjin-gu, by having them film footage of the beautiful landscapes and views at the park. The grand prize was given to...   Read more

The Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture announced the results of 2018 Factual Survey on Cultural Enjoyment of Seoul’s Citizens, which was conducted on a sample of 6,334 Seoulites. The Factual Survey on Cultural Enjoyment of Seoul’s Citizens has been carried out biennially since 2014 to use the level of cultural activities and the changing...   Read more

The city of Seoul has established the world’s first Self-Driving Car Test Bed Running on a 5G Network, in Sangam-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul, as part of the C-ITS demonstration project being pursued together with the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. The city will open the Seoul Future Mobility Center, the control center for autonomous driving,...   Read more

Aquatic Fashion Show The city of Seoul will be hosting the hour-long Cheonggyecheon Aquatic Fashion Show at 8 pm on June 22, 2019. The fashion show will take place on the Cheonggyecheon Stream Floating Stage near the Dongdaemun Fashion Town, with the participation of designers and models from the Seoul 365 Fashion Show. The show...   Read more

Seoul will be operating the “Seoul Public Library Zone” at the 25th Seoul International Book Fair 2019, the largest book fair in South Korea, that will be held from June 19 to 23 at COEX, Samseong-dong, Gangnam-gu. The Seoul Public Library Zone 2019 will be operated under the slogan, “Go to the Book Fair and...   Read more

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