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The Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) is recruiting participants to join the Global Family Garden for the 2020 Seoul International Garden Show. This program intends on providing citizens with small moments of happiness while viewing various gardens of international characteristics so as to satiate their travel bug domestically in the face of restricted air travel by...   Read more

Seoul City Tour Bus services, which have been temporarily suspended since March of last year in an effort to stop the spread of COVID-19, will resume starting Sat, Apr. 3. Seoul City Tour Bus, which is a great way to look around all major tourist destinations in Seoul, is expected to introduce various charms of...   Read more

On April 1, the Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) is opening the Yongsan City Memorial Exhibition Hall to exhibit and store the records of the historical changes that took place in Yongsan. Celebrating the opening, the video of the interior and exterior of Yongsan Garrison shot by the US Army will be available to the public...   Read more

The Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) has announced its 2021 Comprehensive Plan for Seoul Tourism Reformation comprising three-step SRT* strategies for Seoul tourism, which is facing the worst situation due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, to overcome the crisis and prepare for the tourism market of the new post-COVID-19 era. * are three key points of...   Read more

Seoul Light 2021: Seoul Haemong II will be open to the public at Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP) from Fri, Mar. 26 to Thu, Apr. 1, 2021. Seoul Light, which was first launched in late December 2019, has become a new attraction in Seoul as it has drawn more than 1 million visitors. The theme of...   Read more

The Seoul Design Foundation will be holding the exhibition “DDP Shining at Night_Sprout” at DDP Oullim Square from Mon, Mar. 8 to Sun, Apr. 10, 2021. It is one of the “young designer series” preparing for the post-COVID-19 era, displaying fresh and new ideas of young designers in yellow module structures like spring flowers. A...   Read more

The Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) has remodeled 27,000 m2 of Nanji Camp, a popular space as an urban relaxing space, and will be operating the premises starting in April. The remodeled Nanji Camp’s camping areas have increased by 38% and offers various camping zones, including campfire and glamping zones, and lets users use their personal...   Read more

The Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) will be holding the 2021 F/W Seoul Fashion Week online for six days from Mon, Mar. 22 to Sat, Mar. 27. For this year’s Seoul Fashion Week, the interiors of national museums will become the runway for the first time and the fashion show will be held against the background...   Read more

The Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) announced that it has published the I·Seoul·U Guide (Ver. 3.1) to encourage the private sector to use the city’s brand “I·Seoul·U.” The guide suggests ways of utilizing I·Seoul·U for private companies developing Seoul-branded products, and contains applied designs and cases of collaboration. I·Seoul·U Guide (Ver. 3.1) contains three categories: Basic,...   Read more

There is a figure who played a decisive role to promote the fierce independence movement of Korea and the brutality of Japan on March 1, 1919. It is Albert Wilder Taylor, a temporary correspondent of the Associated Press and the first person to disseminate overseas the Declaration of Independence of the March 1st Movement. The...   Read more

In celebration of the 102nd anniversary of the March 1st Movement, the Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) renovated the Seoul Metropolitan Library’s outdoor billboard on Thu, Feb. 25, 2021, displaying the phrase “The March 1st Movement wasn’t a one-day affair.” The March 1st Movement is the movement of the largest scale in nation’s history that began...   Read more

Starting in March 2021, you can ride a ferry to visit Nodeulseom Island. The Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) announced that the watercourse to Nodeulseom Island will be restored for the first time in about 50 years. The island was beloved by people as a vacation spot for more than 100 years and the watercourse was...   Read more