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Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) is now operating the ‘2017 Seoul Policy Experience Internship Program’ for 15 foreign public officials who are from Indonesia, Mongolia, Poland, Jordan, China, Thailand, Myanmar, Rwanda, Laos and Nepal, attending the Master of Urban Administration and Planning (MUAP) course of International School of Urban Sciences, University of Seoul, from Monday, January...   Read more

DDP Exhibition Ticket Discount Event Implemented LOOK Smithsonian Photo Exhibition Fornasetti Practical Madness The Encounter between Kansong and Paik Nam June   The Seoul Metropolitan Government is holding the DDP Exhibition Ticket Discount Event, offering affordable prices for the winter vacation until March 15th, 2017. The event will include large-scale exhibitions held at DDP, such...   Read more

The size of foreign direct investment (FDI) reported by the Seoul Metropolitan Government was $ 9,558 million (as of December 16th, 2016). This is a 12.1% increase from the record high of $ 8,529 million in 2015, accounting for 44.9% of the national FDI declaration ($ 21.3 billion). Trends in Foreign Direct Investment in Seoul...   Read more

Job Café – Pagoda Jongno Tower Job Café – Media Café Hu   As of December 31st, Job Cafes operated across Seoul have assisted a total of 8,721 job seekers. This is after just 7 months since the very first Job Café opened near Hongik University Station in Seoul last May 30, 2016. Job Cafes...   Read more

The Seoul Metropolitan Government will reduce the fare of the airport limousine bus to Incheon International Airport by 1,000 won starting in January 2017 for the first time since the opening of Incheon International Airport in 2001. In addition, Seoul expanded the family discount system to all airport bus routes to Incheon International Airport. The...   Read more

Seoul Metropolitan City will ring the Bosingak Bell with the citizens on Saturday, December 31st, 2016 at midnight. The city will select 11 people as representatives for citizens to participate in this year’s Bell-Ringing Ceremony, who gave hope and courage to the citizens in each field of society in 2016, and they will ring the...   Read more

Seoul City selected 21 famous spots for viewing the first sunrise of the year. Various sunrise events will take place on January 1st, 2017, in each autonomous district, at sunrise time. According to the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute, the scheduled time for Seoul sunrise on January 1st, 2017 is 7:47 am. Sunrise in...   Read more

As part of the “Walking City, Seoul” project, the Seoul Metropolitan Government has launched the Road Diet Campaign in daily life from the beginning of this year to create a comfortable and safe walking space on a 6,892m street. The ‘Road Diet’ project is the first project to be implemented this year, which means reducing...   Read more

Subway lines 5 to 8 started the ‘Happy Spot’ service, which is a portable charger rental service on December 26th, 2016. It is a service that lends portable chargers free of charge through an unmanned rental system at subway stations. If you need to charge your mobile phone, you can install the ‘Happy Spot’ mobile...   Read more

On Dec. 20th, the SMG announced the SMG Childcare Vision 2020 composed of 18 projects in five sectors with the aim of realizing public childcare service both in quality and quantity. The five sectors include: ① improvement of childcare service in both quality and quantity, ② fostering a carefree childcare atmosphere, ③ fostering a pleasant...   Read more

The Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) and Seodaemun-gu jointly initiated a project to create a street specialized in fashion on Ewhayeodae 5-gil (street) in October 2016 in order to revive the stagnant alley economy. As a result of the project, 7 youth start-up stores are going to open through lease agreements for the vacant stores. SMG...   Read more

The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced the “Seoul Citizens’ Cultural Rights Declaration”, which consists of a total of 4 chapters and 17 articles on Seoul citizens’ rights and responsibilities of the city to the ‘cultural rights’. The Declaration begins saying that “Citizens are the owners of culture and the subjects of rights.” Article 1, “Right to...   Read more