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German President Joachim Gauck is the 14th head of state to receive an honorary Seoul citizenship. President Gauck is a civil rights activist who spearheaded the movement to democratize East Germany, and became the first East German to be elected as the president (11th) of the Federal Republic of Germany in March 2012. This year...   Read more

Seoul Metropolitan Government began a preliminary vote to choose one of the three finalists for the new Seoul brand, which will be selected and announced on October 28. Through the Seoul Brand Contest, held from July 20 to September 1, a total of 30 prize-winning ideas were selected and further screened by design experts. Afterward,...   Read more

In celebration of the 569th anniversary of Hangeul, Seoul Metropolitan Government will establish and implement the Basic Plan for the Development of Hangeul, which will serve as the foundation of Seoul’s Hangeul-related policy over the next five years (2015-2019). The city has vowed to take all necessary measures to ensure the successful execution of the...   Read more

On October 7, Seoul City held an inauguration ceremony to mark the official opening of the Dongdaemun Global Center in Gwanghui-dong, Jung-gu. Many Mongolians, Russians, and Central Asians live in the Gwanghui-dong area, where they run around 150 shops and hold weekly gatherings of about 1,000 Mongolians, Russians, and other ex-pats for active social and...   Read more

Mayor Park Won Soon has embarked on an “employment trail” for a period of about one month, during which time he will visit 99 workplaces in person. The purpose of these visits is to establish a future employment strategy through systematic policy support for industrial growth. To that end, Mayor Park will meet with citizens...   Read more

The “Bosingak Bell Ringing Ceremony” is a representative historical event held regularly in Seoul, along with the “Changing of the Royal Guard Ceremony” at Deoksugung Palace. Since 2006, about 18,000 Koreans and foreigners have rung the bell at Bosingak Pavilion, as of September 2015. Starting on October 1, 2015, the Bosingak Bell Ringing Ceremony will...   Read more

▶ The 13th festival held this year, the 2015 Seoul International Fireworks Festival is an annual autumn festival with the largest number of visitors, numbering at around a million. ▶ Over 100,000 fireworks will light up the sky over Yeouido for an hour and twenty minutes. ▶ The festival site has been expanded to include...   Read more

Seoul came in sixth place in the Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI), which is a ranking of the financial competitiveness of major cities around the world published by Z/Yen, an England-based consulting firm. This was the highest ranking Seoul has ever achieved in the history of the GFCI. The GFCI is a major index that...   Read more

Seoul Metropolitan Government’s civil complaint filing service has evolved once again, transitioning from the 120 Dasan Call Center (2007), which resolves complaints and answers questions through just one phone call, to the Ten Commandments of Civil Complaints Service and Eungdapso (2014), the first integrated online complaint and suggestion filing system established in Korea. The three...   Read more

Seoul Metropolitan Government Job Opening Announcement for Temporary Public Official Seoul Metropolitan Government announces an opening for a temporary public official as follows. 9. 23, 2015 Chairman of the HR Committee 1 of Seoul Metropolitan Government 1. Position & No. of Openings Area Position/Level No.of Opening Contract Term Hiring Department Responsibilities Head of Operation Team,...   Read more

On September 21, 2015, Mayor Park Won Soon, who is currently visiting Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, proposed the idea of a Northeast Asian “community of cities” at the 2nd Northeast Asia Mayors’ Forum, suggesting that Northeast Asian nations must go beyond citizen governance to engage in city governance. The Northeast Asia Mayors’ Forum is a platform for...   Read more