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Tue, September 28, 2021 | 03:36

Seoul walking tour courses give freshness for pandemic-weary citizens

Strolling through downtown Seoul can bring some freshness into the weary daily routine for citizens who have been unable to travel since the start of the prolonged pandemic. The Seoul Metropolitan Government and Seoul Tourism Organization operate guided walking tour programs where participants can explore various themed tourist attractions in the capital while listening to to...

Bahk Eun-ji | 2021-08-31 09:02

Jincheon praised for housing Afghan evacuees

Jincheon County located in North Chungcheong Province is receiving applause from people across the country for housing hundreds of Afghans who were evacuated from their homeland, which has been overrun by the Taliban. As a means to express their respect for the county's acceptance of the Afghan evacuees, many people have been flocking to its online shopping mall, which sells ...

Jun Ji-hye | 2021-08-30 16:59

Stir grows over Seongnam's 'list of single female civil servants'

Criticism is mounting over a male civil servant at Seongnam City, who created a list of 151 single female coworkers and offered it to an unmarried male former secretary of the mayor, apparently seeking favors. Ten female members of Seongnam City Council held a press conference at the council building in Gyeonggi Province on Friday, and denounced the case as “a serious human r...

Nam Hyun-woo | 2021-08-28 09:45

Public Wi-Fi service at bus stops

A notice is posted at a bus stop in Seoul, Tuesday, to inform the public of a Wi-Fi service provided by Seoul City available there. The Seoul Metropolitan Government said it has established devices for the service at 2,340 bus stops in the capital in order to alleviate citizens' communications costs. Yonhap

Bahk Eun-ji | 2021-08-24 15:50

Typhoon Omais leaves behind flooded homes, damaged roads, railways

Typhoon Omais weakened into an extratropical cyclone Tuesday morning, after making landfall around midnight Monday, flooding roads and houses, and forcing more than 1,000 people to evacuate in southern South Korean cities that lay in its path.

2021-08-24 09:48

Bracing for typhoon

Boats are anchored at a port of Seogwipo on Jeju Island, Monday, as Typhoon Omais approaches the Korean Peninsula. The weather agency forecast heavy rainfall and strong winds in the southern parts of the nation as the typhoon was expected to hit the island and southern coastal area on Monday night and head toward the east coast on Tuesday morning. Yonhap

Bahk Eun-ji | 2021-08-23 16:13

Downpours, strong winds forecast in Jeju, southern coastal areas, as typhoon expected to make landfall

The southern coastal region is forecast to be hit by heavy downpours and strong winds Monday, as Typhoon Omais is projected to make landfall there later at night, the national weather agency said.

2021-08-23 12:16

Gov't raises typhoon advisory to 'caution' as Tropical Storm Omais poised to hit southern areas

The government on Sunday raised the typhoon advisory by one notch to "caution" as Tropical Storm Omais was soon expected to land in the country's southern regions.

2021-08-22 14:51

Fare boxes in 171 Seoul buses to be removed under all-digital payment test program

The Seoul city government said Sunday it will remove fare collection boxes from more than 170 Seoul city buses starting in October to test the operation of an all-digital fare payment system.

2021-08-22 11:15

Annual coffee festival on east coast postponed to November

An annual coffee festival held every fall in the coastal city of Gangneung has been pushed back to November.

2021-08-21 09:55

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