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Compatible disease control and prevention measures for the recovery of local businesses.

Welfare, Health & Security News

04/14/2021

Compatible disease control and prevention measures for the recovery of local businesses.

Dear honorable citizens of Seoul, This is Oh Se-hoon, Mayor of Seoul. Over the last sixteen months, disease control and prevention authorities prohibited business operations and placed restriction-focused distancing measures across the board. Its basic direction was to prevent the spread of COVID-19, but at the cost of small businesses and the self-employed. However, the...   Read more
Eco-friendly Citizen Participatory Campaign for Earth Day

Environment & Energy news

04/13/2021

Eco-friendly Citizen Participatory Campaign for Earth Day

The Seoul Volunteer Center is launching its “Let’s All Pick Up All Around Seoul” campaign for Earth Day on April 22. This campaign is promoting “plogging” to encourage participants to practice environmental protection in their daily life. Plogging, a compound word of the Swedish verb plocka upp (“pick up”) and the English gerund jogging, refers...   Read more
Ducksu Middle School Made Green with PPP Cooperation

Environment & Energy news

04/13/2021

Ducksu Middle School Made Green with PPP Cooperation

The surroundings of Ducksu Middle School’s playground have become a green space to relax among flowers and under the trees. The desolate vacant lot was reborn through the school afforestation project. The Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) planted trees, including red-bark dogwoods, spindle trees, kerrias and azaleas, as well as flowering plants, including big blue lilyturfs,...   Read more
Recruitment of International Residents in Seoul for “Global Family Garden”

Culture & Tourism news

04/08/2021

Recruitment of International Residents in Seoul for “Global Family Garden”

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
Global Organization for Joint Response to Infectious Diseases

International Exchange

06/12/2020

Global Organization for Joint Response to Infectious Diseases

On June 2, 2020, the Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) held an online mayoral meeting as part of CAC Global Summit 2020, in which mayors of 42 international cities participated. Mayor Park Won Soon made his keynote speech “Seoul’ Proposal for Overcoming Urban Crises in the Pandemic Era” where he introduced “S-quarantine,” the disease control and...   Read more
Professor of Shandong University Donates 1,000 Masks to Seoul to Repay Kindness

International Exchange

04/10/2020

Professor of Shandong University Donates 1,000 Masks to Seoul to Repay Kindness

Last week, a thousand face masks arrived to the Tourism Policy Division of the Seoul Metropolitan Government from Shandong University, China, with a letter attached. The five boxes that arrived to Seoul within three weeks contained carefully packed face masks that had been gained with some difficulty. The sender was Kong Haiyan, a professor of...   Read more
Prime Minister of Sweden Awarded Honorary Citizenship of Seoul

International Exchange

12/24/2019

Prime Minister of Sweden Awarded Honorary Citizenship of Seoul

Celebrating 60 years of friendly relations between the two countries, Seoul awarded the Prime Minister of Sweden, who was visiting Korea for three days (Dec. 18-20), with honorary citizenship at 9 a.m. on the 19th (Thurs.) in the Mayor’s Office. Prior to the award ceremony, Mayor Park Won-soon and the Prime Minister of Sweden plan...   Read more
Blossoming Seoul

Environment

07/06/2017

Blossoming Seoul

Citizen-Led, Citywide Greening Project Flower blossoms brighten up neighborhoods Citizen-led, citywide greening project A project initiated and completed by citizens Spreading the therapeutic power of greening throughout the city A fragrant, nature-friendly culture created by citizens Flower Blossoms Brighten Up Neighborhoods Citizens everywhere across Seoul are experiencing a surge of happiness and hope thanks to...   Read more

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