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Students from Ewha Girls' High School perform pungmulnori, Korean traditional instrument playing, during the 2024 Jeongdong Culture Night festival. [JUNG DISTRICT OFFICE]

Heart of Korea's modernization to light up for Jeongdong Culture Night festival

Jeong-dong will be lit up for two nights on May 23 and 24 as part of the annual Jeongdong Culture Night festival. First held in 2015, the festival opens museums, theaters and cultural institutions to the public after hours.

2025.4.25

Six social media influencers pose for a photograph in front of a banner promoting Seoul city’s mass blind dating program, dubbed “Romance, Art Night,” at Hanwha General Insurance’s office in Yongsan District, central Seoul on Feb. 14. [LEE SOO-JUNG]

Be my Valentine: Singles search for love at Seoul city blind dating event

Eight social media influencers romantically indulged in viewing artworks and demonstrated how strangers could become each other's valentines based on artistic preferences at a mock session of Seoul city's mass blind dating program on Friday.

2025.2.14

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A middle-aged individual participates in a job training program launched by the Seoul Metropolitan Government last year in an undated photo provided by the city government on Monday. [SEOUL METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT]

Seoul to train 4,400 middle-aged residents for jobs as Korea becomes super-aged society

Seoul will help 4,400 middle-aged residents train for jobs through its employment programs this year.

2025.1.13

Participants in the Seoul Metropolitan Government’s mass blind date event take part in a recreational activity on Nov. 23, 2024. [SEOUL METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT]

Seoul to host second blind date event with higher age limit, foreigners eligible

Seoul is hosting the second edition of its mass blind date event, inviting eligible bachelors and bachelorettes to meet and discuss art on Valentine’s Day.

2025.1.13

A child and an adult hold umbrellas while crossing a road in Wanju County, North Jeolla, as rain falls on Sunday. [NEWS1]

Seoul metropolitan area to get up to 80mm of rain Monday

Rain is expected to inundate much of the country, while dry regions will experience a heatwave.

2024.7.7

Police and officials from the National Forensic Service examine the guardrails on the road in Jung District, central Seoul, on Thursday, where the accident that killed nine people occurred on Monday. [NEWS1]

Seoul to improve road safety in wake of deadly accident near City Hall

The Seoul Metropolitan Government said it would implement measures to enhance road safety, such as installing more durable guardrails on sidewalks and traffic signs in response to the recent accident that killed nine people on Monday.

2024.7.4

A citizen leaves flowers at the scene of the accident that killed nine people on Monday night near Seoul City Hall on Tuesday. [KIM SUNG-RYOUNG]

Seoul City Hall, local businesses mourn loss of colleagues in car accident that killed nine

Of the nine fatalities, two were Seoul city government employees, four were employees at a nearby bank and three were employees at a company doing outsourced work from hospitals.

2024.7.2

A rendered image of Sangam-dong in Mapo District, western Seoul, featuring a Ferris wheel, tentatively named the Seoul Twin Eye [SEOUL METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT]

Seoul gov't seeks new team to take over lagging Sangam development

According to the Seoul Metropolitan Government on Monday, a new team will be created to lead the development of the Sangam area, with its head being an expert from outside the city government.

2024.6.18

Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon speaks about plans to invest in universities during a press conference held at City Hall in downtown Seoul on Tuesday. [YONHAP]

Seoul Metropolitan Gov't to invest $470 million in local universities

Seoul plans to invest at least 650 billion won ($470 million) into 54 universities in the city over five years to foster future talent and enhance its urban competitiveness.

2024.6.18

Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon, center, watches a performance at a festival celebrating multi-child families held at City Hall in downtown Seoul on May 25. [SEOUL METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT]

Seoul to offer incentives to companies supporting childbirth, child care

The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced on Monday that it will offer incentives to small and midsize companies that implement policies supporting employee childbirth and child care.

2024.6.3