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The Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) will shift away from “Punctuality”, which had been the paradigm of Seoul Metropolitan Subway for the past 40 years since its opening, and introduce “Safety” as the new standard. To support the new subway operation paradigm, “Safety”, the SMG announced “Seoul Metropolitan Subway Safety Reinforcement Plan” on March 8, 2017...   Read more

During the spring of 2017, the Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) will operate various leisure and culture activities in 20 parks so that citizens may experience nature in the city. <Boramae Park, Seoul Forest, World Cup Park, etc.> The following family events will be held in various locations in celebration of Dano and Children’s Day. Boramae...   Read more

The Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) will inject KRW 10 billion to elevate its MICE industry, which was ranked 3rd in the world in 2016, to the highest level in the world in 2017. ※ MICE: Industry that encompasses Meetings, Incentive Travels, Conventions, and Exhibitions This year, the ‘SSS, See you in SEOUL Special (tentative title)’...   Read more

The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced the 2017 Crosswalk Improvement and Expansion Plan. ‘ㄴ’ or ‘ㄷ’ shaped crosswalks in downtown Seoul will be replaced by all-directional crosswalks and diagonal crossings will be installed at crosswalks with heavy passenger flow as well as those that require two or more crossings in the direction of ‘↱’ or ‘↰’....   Read more

2016 SEOUL BAMDOKKAEBI NIGHT MARKET The Seoul Bamdokkaebi Night Market, which was voted as the top policy of Seoul by foreigners, hosted 3.3 million visitors during 2016. The 2017 Seoul Bamdokkaebi Night Market will be held on March 24 (Fri) in four different locations at Yeouido Hangang Park, Banpo Hangang Park, Dongdaemun Design Plaza, and...   Read more

At noon on March 1, 2017 (Wednesday), the Seoul Metropolitan Government will hold a bell-ringing ceremony at Bosingak Belfry, one of Seoul’s representative structures, in commemoration of the 98th anniversary of the March 1st Movement. The bell-ringing ceremony will be held to commemorate the patriotic spirit of independence fighters who devoted themselves to the liberation...   Read more

The Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) will build 300 additional public daycare centers in 2017 by spending a budget of KRW 165 billion. This will raise ‘accessibility,’ parents’ top priority in selecting a daycare center. In 2012, there were 1.5 public daycare centers per neighborhood that took over an average of 25 minutes to reach by...   Read more

‘Seoullo 7017,’ the brand name of Seoul Station Project 7017, is a transformation project that aims to vitalize downtown Seoul. The old Seoul Station overpass which used to be a road for automobiles will be reborn into a pedestrian walkway and the surrounding area will be developed as well. Seoullo 7017 will be open to...   Read more

[Cover of the Stanford Social Innovation Review, spring 2017]   The Seoul Metropolitan Government’s administrative innovations were introduced in the East Asia special edition of the spring 2017 issue of Stanford Social Innovation Review. The special edition introduces social innovations in four Asian countries including Korea to English-speaking readers with the goal to help them...   Read more

In accordance with Article 14 of the Foreign Investment Promotion Act (FIPA), Article 20 of the FIPA Enforcement Decree, Article 15 and 16 of the Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) Ordinance on Support for Foreign Investment, we hereby offer notification of the plan, outlined below, to provide subsidies for employment, education, and training for foreign invested...   Read more

100 major cities including London, Paris, Montreal and New York were selected as 100 Resilient Cities as part of the Rockefeller Foundation’s special project celebrating the organization’s 100th Anniversary. Seoul was also included in the 100RC in May 2016 after beating out 8 competitors. 100RC seeks to come up with solutions to disasters by identifying...   Read more

The Seoul Metropolitan Government has provided over 105,770 public rental housing units to housing vulnerable groups over the past five years through its public rental housing project. Considering that the average number of people per household averages 2.5 in Seoul, over 240,000 residents have benefited from the public rental housing project. The SMG implemented the...   Read more