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Cool June weather lingers across Korea

Clear skies and mild temperatures are set to hold through early next week before warmer conditions return later this week.

2026.6.8

Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon, second from right, speaks while looking around Yas Island in Abu Dhabi on Thursday during his weeklong trip to the United Arab Emirates. [SEOUL METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT]

Sangam to become leisure hub like Abu Dhabi’s Yas Island: Seoul mayor

Sangam-dong in western Seoul is set to transform into a family-friendly entertainment hub. Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon revealed his plan to develop the western Seoul area as he visited Yas Island, located in northern Abu Dhabi.

2024.5.13

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Visitors look around a garden exhibition called Seoul Garden Show held in Haneul Park in Mapo District, western Seoul, on Sunday. The event will showcase 40 different botanical works through Nov. 15. [YONHAP]

Seoul's month-long garden show inspires through design

During its annual garden show, the Seoul Metropolitan Government will showcase dozens of botanical works to offer more green spaces and views to Seoulites.

2023.10.10

Residents of Mapo District protest Seoul's plan to build a waste incineration plant in the Sangam-dong neighborhood on Saturday. [LEE SU-MIN]

In Mapo, incinerator plan is called sheer garbage

More than 500 residents of Mapo District in western Seoul gathered in front of the district office last Saturday afternoon to protest a city government plan to build a second waste incinerator in their neighborhood.

2022.9.27

This picture, provided by Seoul City, shows a self-driving vehicle for wheelchair users to be operated starting Thursday. [SEOUL METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT]

Driverless vehicles include one for the handicapped

A driverless vehicle for people with disabilities is being tested in Sangam-dong, a western Seoul district being used as a pilot zone for autonomous cars, a first for the country.

2022.7.20

Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoo waves from inside a self-driving car in Sangam-dong in Mapo District, western Seoul, on Monday, becoming the first passenger in the test-run of the capital city's first commercial autonomous car. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]

In Seoul, self-driving vehicles are a thing of the present

Seoul will kick off its self-driving vehicle service on Tuesday, one major step toward commercializing its driverless car project.

2021.11.29

Tag: sangam-dong

sangam-dong

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Cool June weather lingers across Korea

Sangam to become leisure hub like Abu Dhabi’s Yas Island: Seoul mayor

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Seoul's month-long garden show inspires through design

In Mapo, incinerator plan is called sheer garbage

Driverless vehicles include one for the handicapped

In Seoul, self-driving vehicles are a thing of the present