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The Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) will be promoting the successful response of Seoul’s transportation in the face of COVID-19 as a solution to make a safe city in the era of COVID-19, and seeking for ways of establishing a safe and efficient transportation system at Transforming Transportation 2021 under the theme of “Reimagining Safe and...   Read more

Starting on Dec. 30, the Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) website will be rendered in more than 100 languages so that non-Korean visitors can gain access to information about Seoul’s history, culture, and municipal policies without language barriers. The SMG announced that it would apply Google’s automatic translation to expand the number of foreign languages from...   Read more

Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) is scheduled to host the Seoul Human Rights Conference 2020 under the theme “Human rights in crisis and the role of SMG”, on December 7 and 8. The conference will be held online and livestreamed through the SMG official YouTube channel (Korean/English). * Seoul Human Rights Conference 2020 website: http://shrc.kr *...   Read more

Seoul and Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia, are holding the meaningful event “ON CONNECT SEOUL X ULAANBAATAR” at 2 PM (GMT+9)/1 PM (GMT+8) on Mon, Nov. 30, 2020 for cultural exchange in commemoration of the 25th anniversary of their becoming sister cities. The event will be filmed with the least required amount of personnel in...   Read more

The world-renowned robotics engineer Dennis Hong (Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Department at University of California, Los Angeles) recently made a visit to Korea. He explained that he made this visit to his home country in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic because he was “selected an honorary ambassador of Seoul.” Currently in the development of...   Read more

1. Internship Overview 1. Period: Mon, Jan. 4 – Fri, Feb. 19, 2021 (7 weeks total) 2. Recruits: 15 individuals (scheduled) Public: 11 individuals Private: 4 individuals ※ Subject to change according to the results of recruitment. Hours: 5 days a week; 6 hours a day (09:00–16:00) ※ Subject to change according to the circumstances...   Read more

Seoul Metropolitan Government invites applications to serve on the 3rd Seoul City Foreign Residents’ Council. Councilors can play an important role in contributing to policy-making in the City by collecting opinions from other foreign residents in their network about the difficulties that they face in their daily lives, crafting policy proposals to deal with those issues and then providing information about Seoul City’s policies to their network.

Acting Mayor Seo Jung-hyup bestowed honorary citizenship to the Honorable Harry Harris, Ambassador of the United States to the Republic of Korea, at Seoul City Hall on Thu, Oct. 29, 2020. Since taking office in July 2018, Ambassador Harris has been acknowledged for actively cooperating with the Seoul Metropolitan Government and expanding the scope of...   Read more

The Seoul Global Center, an organization that supports foreigners living in Seoul, is holding a contest called “Show Your Unique Seoul Story!” where foreign residents show the beauty of “Global City, Seoul” by sharing their various experiences and memories that they have experienced while living in Seoul. Applications will be received until November 17, 2020....   Read more

(The Soviet Union team is entering 1988 Seoul Olympics Main Stadium, waving their hands to the citizens of Seoul with a bright smile. The Soviet Union’s participation imprinted the 1988 Seoul Olympics on the mind of citizens of the world as the Olympics of peace and harmony. It became a foundation for Seoul-Moscow exchanges begun...   Read more

Theresa May, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, visited Seoul City Hall on Thu, Sep. 17 to learn more about Seoul’s COVID-19 countermeasures and know-how. The Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) introduced its disease control and prevention measures to Theresa May based on the three principles of promptness, transparency and innovation, and held a 40-minute...   Read more

The Seoul Metropolitan Government hosts an event to propose the “Inclusive Smart City,” where there is no discrimination or gap, as the solution for the digital alienation, an issue that has arisen as the digitization takes place so rapidly due to COVID-19. In the event, the collective intelligence from home and abroad will have the...   Read more