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To improve the lives of foreign residents in Seoul, Seoul Metropolitan Government is recruiting volunteers, ‘Seoul Quality of Life Monitors.’ They will provide suggestions about inconvenience in every aspect of their daily lives and will find best overseas policy so that Seoul Metropolitan Government can reflect them to policy making. ‘Seoul Quality of Life Monitors’...   Read more

In February 2016, the Seoul Metropolitan Government will embark on the first step of a public initiation project, the first of the two steps in the [Dasi (Again)·Sewoon Project]. After this first step, “Jongno, Sewoon Shopping Mall, and Cheonggye·Daerim Shopping Mall” will be connected. The first step of this project is expected to be completed...   Read more

Seoul city is holding 「2016 Foreign Residents’ Community Culture Festival Contest」to stimulate community activities and cultural events for foreign residents, and to provide opportunities to experience diverse world culture for citizens in Seoul. Selected festival will be supported by the city of Seoul with up to 6 million won, which is targeted to be within...   Read more

The Seoul Metropolitan Government plans to establish a variety of facilities including cafes, a library, an outdoor stage, and a rose square on the elevated road of Seoul Station, a project expected to be completed in April 2017. Only a few days ago the elevated road was a road for vehicles. The Seoul Metropolitan Government...   Read more

The Seoul city government has published a romantic travel essay on Seoul with Chinese travel power blogger ‘Susu (阿拉苏苏苏)’ and travel essay writer ‘Sunjien (孙剑).’ Co-writer Susu is a popular travel power blogger among young people, with 3.50 million fans on Weibo, one of the most popular Chinese social media sites. The other co-writer, Sunjien,...   Read more

Beginning this year, Seoul will be the first municipality to adopt the ‘Alert System of Migratory Birds Information for Avian Influenza (AI) Quarantine Measures’. By attaching location-tracking systems to migratory birds, the system will send an alert and enable the government to take prompt actions if the birds, which have traveled AI infected regions, come...   Read more

Seoul is planning to go ahead with the second step of the “Urban Renewal and Revitalization Project of Seoul,” the project whose aim is to realize neighborhood-centered urban planning through community building with citizen participation. Areas designated as a final target area will be subsidized by as much as 10 billion to 50 billion won...   Read more

From February 5 to February 9, “New Year’s Festival in Unhyeongung” will be held in the Unhyeongung Palace, a former Korean royal residence located at 114-10 Unni-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, Korea. The palace was also formerly the residence of Emperor Gojong, the 26th ruler of Korea during the Joseon Dynasty in the 19th century, as well...   Read more

Mayor Park Won-soon was selected as a global leader of Davos Forum by young global leaders aged between twenties and thirties, along with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau who is leading innovations and expansion in Canada, and Governor of Grameen Bank Muhammad Yunus who is a Nobel Peace laureate. Seoul reported that Mayor Park Won-soon,...   Read more

The 4th Seoul Foreign Student Volunteers Recruitment Notice Seoul Foreign Student Volunteers Overview ❍ Number of Recruits : 60 people ❍ Eligibility – Foreign students enrolled in universities located in Seoul ∙Graduate students are also eligible to apply ※ A student scheduled to graduate in August 2016 is not eligible to apply – Visa must...   Read more

Mayor Park Won-soon will speak on Seoul’s Administrative Innovation and Governance at the 46th World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland from 20 to 23 January, 2016. Global leaders from around 40 countries, including Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, U.S Vice President Joe Biden, and the Director of IMF Christine Lagarde, and around 2,500...   Read more

Seoul Metropolitan Government recently announced its plan to provide ultra-high-speed public Wi-Fi on the trains of the Seoul subway system beginning in 2017. After a trial run slated to begin in January 2017 on Subway Lines 4 and 8, the Wi-Fi service will be made available on the trains of all subway lines in October...   Read more