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Seoul Fashion Week takes over Lotte's World Park lawn in Jamsil next month

Lotte Department Store will host four days of Seoul Fashion Week runway shows, NCT events and fashion pop-ups at its Jamsil complex in September.

2026.8.12

Election office billed 200 million won over prolonged election protests at Olympic Park

The Songpa District Election Commission has been billed 201.5 million won ($141,500) as ballot-shortage protests keep a Seoul handball stadium occupied ahead of an Aug. 18 recount.

2026.8.6

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Unresponsive man pulled out of Han River after being caught in currents

Witnesses stated that "a swimmer had been pulled into a water control structure" near the southern end of Jamsil Bridge in Songpa District, southern Seoul.

2026.8.3

Officers from fire and police authorities control the site where protesters clashed in southern Seoul on July 2 regarding on-site probe of ballot shortages.

Fracas erupts outside gymnasium ahead of lawmakers’ inspection into ballot shortage

Protesters scuffled outside a Seoul ballot-counting site as a parliamentary committee prepared to visit the venue at the center of the June 3 election ballot shortage.

2026.7.2

Court officials fail to secure key evidence at polling station over ballot shortage

A Seoul court ordered that evidence be preserved in the wake of the ballot shortage that hit a southern Seoul district in last week's local elections, but a container for blank ballots has not been recovered.

2026.6.10

Why ‘True Education’ strikes a nerve (KOR)

Netflix’s hit drama resonates with young Koreans by exposing the hypocrisy of powerful adults and the failures of accountability.

2026.6.10

Why ‘True Education’ strikes a nerve

Netflix’s hit drama resonates with young Koreans by exposing the hypocrisy of powerful adults and the failures of accountability.

2026.6.9

Ballot shortage protest, K-pop festival crowd Jamsil's Olympic Park

Thousands demanding a revote over Seoul ballot shortages surrounded a vote-counting center for a second day, disrupting access as a major K-pop festival drew huge crowds nearby.

2026.6.6

People crowd Polling Station No. 2 in Jamsil 7-dong in southern Seoul on June 3 as they block ballot boxes from leaving the polling station. [YONHAP]

Two ballot boxes stranded at polling station after paper shortage protest blocks transfer

Two ballot boxes remained stranded overnight at a polling station in Songpa District, southern Seoul, where a ballot shortage occurred, with protesters blocking their transfer to a vote-counting center.

2026.6.4

A digitally generated image of Korea’s largest domed baseball stadium as part of the Jamsil sports and convention complex project in Songpa District, southern Seoul [SEOUL METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT]

Seoul to break ground on massive exhibition and sports complex in Jamsil this year

A massive exhibition and convention complex about 2.5 times the size of Coex will be built in Jamsil in Songpa District, southern Seoul. The project will also include Korea’s largest domed baseball stadium, seating 30,000 fans.

2026.3.11