Tag: Seoul
Seoul likely to lose megacity status
Seoul: Seoul is getting smaller and older in terms of population and could soon cease to be a megacity with over 10 million inhabitants, the capital’s government said Tuesday. […]
Seoul again presses Tokyo not to implement additional export curbs
South Korea on Wednesday repeated its call for Japan to scrap its planned measure to take Seoul off its list of trusted trading partners granted with preferential procedures for exports, […]
Trade minister to visit U.S. as Seoul works to ramp up int’l support over dispute with Tokyo
South Korean Trade Minister Yoo Myung-hee is set to visit the United States Tuesday to rally support from the country’s key ally in a deepening trade dispute with Japan. During […]
Officials of two Koreas to meet in Manila amid Seoul-Tokyo diplomatic row
Officials of South and North Korea are expected to meet at an international peace conference in the Philippines this week amid a growing diplomatic row between Seoul and Tokyo over […]
Seoul to increase operations of electric city buses
The number of electric city buses on the roads of Seoul will increase to 143 this year, the metropolitan government said Friday. Beginning in November, an additional 114 electric city […]
U.S. officials share concern about Seoul-Tokyo tensions: NSC official
U.S. officials have expressed concern that tensions between South Korea and Japan over Tokyo’s export restrictions against Seoul are not conducive to trilateral cooperation between the three countries, Seoul’s deputy […]
Seoul, Mexico City ink pact on strategic, mutually beneficial relationship
The mayors of Seoul and Mexico City agreed Tuesday to elevate the friendly relationship between the two capitals to a strategic and mutually beneficial one. Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon met […]
Seoul eyes price ceiling on privately built new apartments to curb housing prices
In what could be the strongest measure ever to clamp down on housing prices, South Korea is cautiously moving to revive the controversial scheme to cap presale prices of privately […]
No. of visitors to major royal palaces in Seoul hits 5 mln in H1
The number of people who visited the four main royal palaces and Jongmyo Shrine in Seoul surpassed the 5 million mark in the first half of the year for the […]
Seoul to complete privatization of Woori Financial by 2022
The government plans to sell its remaining stake in Woori Financial Holdings Co. by 2022, in a bid to recoup taxpayers’ money that was used to bail out the financial […]