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On October 1, Mayor Park Won Soon received the top prize in the “Campaign Pledge” category at the awards ceremony for the 2014 Manifesto Promise Awards, which was held at the International Conference Hall of the Seoul Global Center. The “Manifesto Promise Awards,” held every four years, is hosted by the Korea Manifesto Center to...   Read more

The Seoul Metropolitan Government has launched a month-long campaign to correct errors on foreign language street signs in an effort to prevent confusion among foreigners visiting Seoul. The campaign will be held for exactly 32 days, from September 30 to October 31. Any signs in foreign languages that are installed in Seoul and managed by...   Read more

On September 23, Mayor Park Won Soon, who is currently visiting the United States, met with Andrew Steer, the president and CEO of the World Resources Institute, a top think tank on the environment (2012, UPenn’s Global Go To Think Tanks Index Report). They discussed establishing cooperation in the areas of environment, energy, and urban...   Read more

The Seoul Metropolitan Government is running the “Seoul Storytelling Tour” program for foreigners, free of charge, from June to October 2014 (30 tours). The “Seoul Storytelling Tour” comprises interesting and foreigner-friendly guided tours of various sights in different languages, allowing foreigners to fully appreciate and enjoy Korean culture, as well as a number of games...   Read more

The Seoul Metropolitan Government sent out 3.41 million property tax bills totaling KRW 2.2077 trillion to the owners of residential buildings and plots of land in Seoul in the second half of 2014. The Seoul Metropolitan Government sent out 3.41 million property tax bills totaling KRW 2.2077 trillion to the owners of residential buildings and...   Read more

On September 22, Mayor Park Won Soon had a meeting with Daniel Russel, US Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs. Mayor Park also attended the 2014 Financial Hub Seoul Conference held at the New York Marriott Marquis, which was co-hosted by the Seoul Metropolitan Government and the Financial...   Read more

The 2014 Seoul International Forum on Air Quality Improvement, an arena for discussion among Seoul and 14 major Northeast Asian cities on the role of the city in air quality improvement and methods for cooperation, was held on September 24 and 25. The 14 cities and areas represented at this forum were: Seoul, Gyeonggi Province,...   Read more

In cooperation with the Woori Multicultural Scholarship Foundation, Seoul City is calling for 10 multicultural couples living in Seoul, who have not been able to have their own wedding ceremony, to take part in a group wedding ceremony especially for multicultural couples. Multicultural couples living in Seoul, who wish to participate, should visit their nearest...   Read more

From September 25 through October 23, 2014, the photography exhibition “Underground Landscape of Seoul” will be held at Gallery Atelier, located in the underground passage of Euljiro 4-ga Station. The exhibition is composed of two sections: “Underground Shopping Centers and their Inhabitants” and “Landscape of the Underground Shopping Center”. The “Underground Shopping Centers and their...   Read more

From September 25 to October 9, 26 “short” short films will be screened on Seoul Metro Lines 2 and 3. The 26 films that have been selected for screening are 90-second films that were produced specifically to be played on subway trains. These Korean and foreign films were submitted in May, and the finalists were...   Read more

If you are a Seoul citizen planning to visit Honolulu, Hawaii, where Waikiki Beach stretches for miles, make sure to bring your ID; with it, you can receive discounts at major cultural and tourist facilities around the city. On June 19, Mayor Park Won Soon met with Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell during his official visit...   Read more

On July 28, Mayor Park Won Soon met with Wei Hong (魏宏), governor of Sichuan Province, China, who visited Seoul at the official invitation of the Seoul Metropolitan Government, and promised to strengthen exchange and cooperation between Seoul and Sichuan. In addition, Governor Wei Hong was granted an “Honorary Seoul Citizen” certificate. The Seoul Metropolitan...   Read more