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Seoul’s fine particulate matter levels drop 37 per cent

Air quality05 Apr 2024

Seoul’s PM2.5 has reached the lowest level since the first seasonal management programme in 2019 while the number of days with good PM levels quadrupled.

Seoul Metro aims to reduce pollution by more than a third

Air quality19 Jan 2024

The range of measures being implemented on the South Korean Metro include ventilation systems on platforms and pollution-absorbing mats in concourse areas.

Seoul launches autonomous night bus

Connected and autonomous vehicles14 Dec 2023

Once pilot data has been analysed, the city plans to establish regular long-distance autonomous bus routes connecting the outskirts of the city with downtown.

Seoul deploys multilingual interactive translation kiosks

Inclusivity21 Nov 2023

Service has been developed in collaboration with tourism startup Flitto to enable international tourists to converse with Korean guides in native languages.

Seoul implements intelligent disaster prevention system

Citizen security30 Oct 2023

The technology includes an intelligent people counting and crowd detection system that automatically detects crowd density and informs of signs of risk.

Seoul and Bogotá collaborate on integrated transportation

Mobility-as-a-Service11 Sep 2023

The memorandum of understanding sets out how the global capitals will share their knowledge and experience in areas such as bus, rail and cable car transportation.

Seoul puts plan in place to become a robot-friendly city

AI and Machine Learning28 Jul 2023

The city aims to expand robotic services across sectors, supporting the transition towards a super-ageing society, as well as position Seoul as a global leader.

Seoul expands real-time urban data service for citizens

Open data04 Jul 2023

Data portal includes information on population density and traffic congestion in specific areas and at cultural events as well as other location-based services.

Seoul implements smart intersection testbed

Road travel23 Jun 2023

Seoul Metropolitan Government has chosen Hwarang-ro and Taereung Royal Tomb in Nowon-gu district as the location for the pilot project in the South Korean capital.

Seoul launches metro app for non-nationals

Rail Travel08 May 2023

Seoul Subway provides location-based guidance, station directions, real-time timetable and helps users locate tourist destinations around metro stations.

Which cities are performing best in the 4IR?

News01 Feb 2023

The 2022 Smart City Index analysed 31 global cities to examine the urban changes taking place against the backdrop of the 4th Industrial Revolution.

Seoul launches first phase of its metaverse

Citizen engagement30 Jan 2023

After a beta test of a range of administrative services, the platform aims to create a hyper-realistic community space for creativity and communication.

Seoul deploys drones for hanok roof inspections

Residential buildings24 Jan 2023

It is expected the new drone inspection service will serve as an opportunity to drastically improve the maintenance of some 8,000 hanok buildings in the city.

Seoul’s smart city vision to be centre stage at CES 2023

News04 Jan 2023

The Seoul Tech Pavilion marks the first time a pavilion has been operated by a city in the main hall, usually an exhibition space for leading tech companies.

Seoul crowned smart city of the year at Barcelona Expo

News17 Nov 2022

The Ukrainian capital of Kyiv received a special City Award at the annual event, which acknowledges outstanding initiatives and projects in the smart city space.

Copenhagen tops global cities for digital transformation

News13 Jun 2022

The Digital Cities Index 2022 report by Economist Impact found that involving citizens in the design of smart city schemes underpins meaningful inclusion.

Seoul uses geothermal tech to help decarbonise buildings

Municipal buildings06 Jun 2022

Seoul Metropolitan Government is aiming to replace old heating and cooling systems in public buildings with geothermal ones to help achieve carbon-neutrality by 2050.

Seoul to create disaster response platform using AI

AI and Machine Learning30 May 2022

Seoul Metropolitan Government will use artificial intelligence and big data to build a digital platform that can be used from 119 reporting to on-site response.

Seoul launches VR simulator to test autonomous driving

Connected and autonomous vehicles09 May 2022

Created using digital twin technology, the Sangam Driving Zone is open to developers, universities as well as the public to help advance the city as a centre for commercialised self-driving vehicles.

Seoul pilots immersive metaverse platform

Citizen engagement03 May 2022

Seoul will open virtual Seoul City Square and indoor event venues during the pilot programme with the project further expanding to key events, forums, and educational programmes run by the city government.

Seoul expands diversity of electric charging network

Electric vehicles19 Apr 2022

Seoul Metropolitan Government will also create an EV charging station that creates and stores renewable electricity to support its aims of replacing 10 per cent of vehicles in the capital with electric cars by 2026.

Seoul deploys smart city services to promote safety and wellbeing

Health and social care08 Apr 2022

The Smart City in Daily Life pilot project will run three services in welfare and safety, including the use of beacons to protect children from going missing as well as night-patrol robots.

Seoul creates new spatial urban planning framework

Planning and redevelopment07 Mar 2022

The long-term plan, which aims to blur the usual dividing lines between home, leisure and work, is designed as a guide for the next 20 years to pursue various models of urban planning.

Urban air mobility firm secures $170m to advance electric air taxis

Economic Development04 Mar 2022

Volocopter is developing a family of aircraft, including the VoloCity, VoloConnect and VoloDrone, and is committed to launching commercial air taxi services in locations such as Singapore, Rome, and Paris.

Seoul employs robots and AI to roll out further smart city services

Internet of Things22 Feb 2022

Self-driving car robots will patrol the city to detect dangerous situations while IoT-powered collecting bins will be wheeled out to help improve the recycling rate of domestic waste.

Shanghai ranked smartest city thanks to Citizen Cloud platform

Citizen engagement25 Jan 2022

As well as the Chinese city’s platform, other top cities in the ranking are showing how to leverage technology to deliver demonstrable benefits for their citizens.

Seoul announces plan to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050

Climate action20 Jan 2022

With the goal of reducing 30 per cent of greenhouse gases to build a city safe against climate crises, the Seoul Metropolitan Government has launched a comprehensive plan for action.

Seoul to invest KRW 346bn in post-Covid digital transformation

Economic Development14 Jan 2022

Seoul Metroplitan Government said it will set aside KRW 112.6bn for 253 projects in the smart city space and will help to grow small- and medium-sized ICT companies by placing orders and helping to create jobs.

Voice AI will call to check Seoul citizens after Covid-19 vaccination

Health and social care31 Dec 2021

Seoul Metropolitan Government expects AI-powered Vaccine Care Call service to dramatically reduce workload of public health centres and allow rapid response to treating side effects.

Seoul Digital Foundation launches metaverse office

Municipal buildings23 Dec 2021

The Seoul Digital Foundation aims to apply key technologies of the fourth industrial revolution, like metaverse and artificial intelligence, to administrative tasks.

South Korean capital deploys drones to fight air pollution

Air quality10 Dec 2021

The Seoul Metropolitan Government is seeking to induce large companies to voluntarily cut emissions while actively cracking down on the operation of unauthorised or restricted facilities.

Companies join forces to bring urban air mobility to South Korea

News23 Nov 2021

German UAM specialist, Volocopter, and Kakao Mobility, South Korea’s largest mobility platform company, will conduct a feasibility study to identify a list of potential commercial routes.

Seoul to introduce safety insurance for tourists using e-bikes and e-scooters

News17 Nov 2021

With smart tourism on the rise, the insurance is an effort by the city to solve the safety issue that has been pointed out as a major weakness of the sharing service.

Seoul to use metaverse platform to deliver public services

News05 Nov 2021

When completed at the end of next year, Metaverse Seoul will handle administrative services regarding the economy, culture, tourism, education, and civil complaints.

Seoul to use QR codes for smarter management of trash bins

News30 Sep 2021

Seoul Metropolitan Government decided to introduce the QR code management system so that everyone in the city can request maintenance work for each bin.

Seoul expands AI chatbot messaging service for public inquiries

News10 Sep 2021

The Seoul Talk messaging app has taken on the role of a “city-wide secretary” for the citizens and can deal with public inquiries and complaints covering 54 areas.

Seoul ramps up efforts to transition to electric transportation

News01 Sep 2021

Seoul Metropolitan Government aims to deliver 270,000 electric vehicles for public transportation by 2025 with cars, taxis, buses and motorbikes all part of the mix.

Seoul adopts artificial intelligence to transform water reuse centres

News18 Aug 2021

Key data that affects the sewage treatment process will be collected to create big data sets that the AI system can analyse in real time and use to automatically manage the water quality.

Public IoT network to be available throughout Seoul by 2023

News14 Jul 2021

Seoul Metropolitan Government plans to build 421km of network with 1,000 base stations by 2023, providing a range of IoT services previously available via mobile networks.

Tokyo named most innovative city in annual ranking

News09 Jul 2021

The win was attributed to strong technology application, digital capability and pandemic performance and, for the first time in 14 years, more than half of the top 100 cities were from the US.

Seoul uses AI to detect faults in city's sewer pipes

News25 Jun 2021

The system automatically identifies sewer problems from CCTV images using computer vision, and will replace manual pipeline inspection conducted by public officials.

Poland expands electric vehicle charging network

Road travel16 Jun 2021

Electric mobility companies Ekoen and Ekoenergetyka-Polska won the contract to install charging stations at 10 locations on highways and expressways throughout the country.

AI used to examine construction following earthquakes

Commercial buildings14 Jun 2021

An open source project hosted by the Linux Foundation with support from IBM and Call for Code will use machine learning to help inform quality assurance for construction in emerging nations.

Seoul uses blockchain and IoT to monitor risky buildings

Data management & software10 Jun 2021

A pilot test project will be carried out on 46 buildings in December with 824 further targeted for 2022 that are more than 30 years old or designated as facilities prone to disasters.

Stanford University establishes urban living lab in Songdo

News04 Jun 2021

The centre at the Incheon Global Campus in the Korean smart city will provide a testbed to develop physical structures and electronic technologies as prototypes for future urban environments.

Data analysis of Seoul’s IoT sensor network to inform smart city policy

News04 Jun 2021

The Seoul Data of Things sensor network is installed in major mountains, riversides, and downtowns, and collects 17 kinds of urban data every two minutes.

Seoul’s smart poles to charge EVs and drones

News21 May 2021

Seoul Metropolitan Government intends to carry out a pilot project to enhance the functionality of smart poles by embedding electric vehicle chargers and drone stations in them.

Seoul connects city with its Pedestrian Forest Path

News11 May 2021

Seoul Metropolitan Government has been promoting pedestrian-centred road reform policies by reducing roads for cars while expanding pedestrian-only paths and green traffic spaces.

Seoul to create more modular parks to reduce particulate matter levels

News05 May 2021

The completed moving parks with planters can be temporarily relocated using a crane or forklift when there are events to be held and rearranged to suit a new space.

Plug and Play accelerator launches in Seoul

News27 Apr 2021

Plug and Play will build an innovation platform in Korea based on its relationship with leading corporations, start-ups, and government entities in the country.

Ehang partners to build eco vertiport in Italy

News09 Apr 2021

The autonomous aerial vehicle technology platform company is partnering with architecture firm Giancarlo Zema Design Group to help extend its air mobility solutions in Europe.

Singapore, Seoul and London top smart city governance ranking

News31 Mar 2021

Cities were recognised for not only being advanced in terms of technologies adopted throughout the city, but in their government’s efforts to bring the city population along with their digitalisation journey.

EHang completes maiden flights of two-seater air taxi in South Korea

News25 Nov 2020

According to Ehang, the flight tours across Seoul, Daegu, and Jeju Island signify the starting point to explore the urban air mobility (UAM) market in South Korea.

Mayors warn that Covid stimulus funds must be directed at a green recovery

News28 Oct 2020

In a statement released today, the C40 Global Mayors Covid-19 Recovery Task Force warned that a “high-carbon recovery” will accelerate climate breakdown, endanger public health, cost lives and sacrifice jobs.

Quanergy and iCent partner to improve pedestrian safety in Seoul

News23 Sep 2020

Lidar solutions deployed to form basis of new effective traffic policies

Bogotá and Rio de Janeiro join global coalition of cities working to create clean air for all

News08 Sep 2020

By confirming their undertaking, the mayors of Bogotá and Rio de Janeiro come together with a coalition of 35 other city mayors that aim to ensure clean air for some 150 million people.

Canberra to launch shared e-scooter scheme

News28 Aug 2020

The shared scheme will be run by two companies, Beam Mobility and Neuron Mobility, with a maximum of 1,500 e-scooters made available in the Australian capital city.

Report reveals how citizens are rethinking transportation

News25 Jun 2020

Lime surveyed citizens in Berlin, London, New York City, Seattle and Seoul about their pre- and post-Covid-19 lockdown transport choices and how these may impact future decisions.

Global mayors come together to lead Covid-19 recovery task force

News29 Apr 2020

Chaired by the mayor of Milan, the task force has been established to drive forward an economic recovery that improves public health, reduces inequality and addresses the climate crisis.

SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – Seoul

Smart Cities Reports27 Feb 2020

Smart citizens are front and centre of Seoul’s smart city masterplan, with smart infrastructure and smart services completing the trilogy

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