Seoul Design Week 2014, consisting of some of Seoul’s most celebrated design events, including the Seoul Design Festival, Design Market, and Herald Design Forum, successfully completed its five-day run on November 30.During its run, Seoul Design Week 2014 turned many parts of downtown Seoul, including DDP (Dongdaemun Design Plaza) and COEX, into exciting festival venues. This year’s event was organized by the Seoul Design Foundation and supported by the Seoul Metropolitan Government to become th

The number of foreign residents in Seoul has now reached about 410,000, accounting for about one in every twenty-five people. This changing demographic of Seoul has motivated the city administration to develop policies to support the foreign residents of the city. As a result, the city is currently carrying out a variety of initiatives to create an advanced, multi-cultural cosmopolitan community built on the basis of cultural diversity, thereby improving the quality of life of its foreign reside

It is not easy for the citizens of Seoul today to imagine the idyllic landscapes that once existed in the city. In particular, the city’s main waterway, the Hangang River, had over ten scenic islets, up until as late as the 1960s, as well as wide open beaches that stretched along both sides of the river. During the winter, the river remained frozen for many weeks, providing the citizens with a vast space for winter recreational and sporting activities, such as skating and sledding, while in summ

With city governments home and abroad planning to construct light rail trains flocking to benchmark the Daegu Monorail, which is noted as a major successful case study, Daegu is enjoying a heightened level of recognition as a leader of new transportation systems.Employees from the Railway Operation Department of the Bucheon City Government visited the Metro Line 3 Train Depot in Dongho-dong, Buk-gu, on October 6. They were briefed on the technical characteristics and the overall process of build

The Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning has selected Daegu as the home of a “software quality promotion center,” which is to be built as part of its project to develop the capability of the local software industry.The Daegu-Gyeongbuk Software Quality Promotion Center will be operated by the Daegu Digital Industry Promotion Agency under the administrative support of Daegu City. The center will set up the infrastructure and support system to offer services for strengthening the quality of

A center in the southeastern part of the Korean Peninsula, Daegu is a city with abundant historical and cultural heritage. As it is also a geographical hub in the region, the Silla Dynasty once attempted to move its capital to Dalgubeol (currently Daegu) from Gyeongju. During the Joseon Period, the Gyeongsang Provincial Office was located in Daegu, making this location the political, economic, military and transportation center of the Yeongnam area.With such a long history, the cultural and hist

The Junior Herald: Korea's representative English newspaper for teenagersLaunched in May 2004 to foster tomorrow’s brightest talent, The Junior Herald has established itself as the nation's most influential English newspaper for teenagers.The weekly owes its achievement largely to its commitment to quality and a growing interest among parents and students in ENIE, short for English Newspaper in Education.For the past 10 years, The Junior Herald has set many records.In December 2008, the paper be