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Free for all: Seoul's bottled water 'vending' machines go viral, douse sweltering heat wave

To offset sweltering temperatures and reduce heat-related illnesses, city districts have been giving out water, setting up cooling shelters and spraying roads to keep residents cool.

2026.7.31

Yongsan District Mayor Park Hee-young, right, and Kim Jin-bae, head of the district's safety and disaster management division, pose for a photo after receiving an award for safety management at a local festival from Seoul Metropolitan Government on Aug. 22. [YONHAP]

Seoul revokes safety award for Yongsan District following criticism by bereaved Itaewon families

The Seoul Metropolitan Government will revoke an award it gave to Yongsan District for safety management at a local festival after strong protests from the families of victims of the Oct. 29, 2022, Itaewon crowd crush.

2025.8.27

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A campaign truck promoting Kim Moon-soo, the presidential candidate from the People Power Party, caught fire on May 30 inside Galwol underground tunnel in Yongsan District, central Seoul. Firefighters extinguished the fire within 14 minutes. [NEWS1]

Kim Moon-soo campaign truck catches fire in tunnel

A campaign truck promoting Kim Moon-soo, a presidential candidate from the People Power Party, caught fire Friday morning inside an underground tunnel in Yongsan District, central Seoul.

2025.5.30

The area around Seoul Station Plaza in central Seoul on March 19 [YONHAP]

Seoul Station area designated smoke-free zone, violators face 100,000 won fine

The Seoul Station plaza and adjacent streets in central Seoul will become smoke-free zones starting Sunday, with violators facing a 100,000 won ($73) fine.

2025.5.29

Members of conservative political associations hold a rally to denounce President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment near his official residence in Yongsan District, central Seoul, on Jan. 12. [NEWS1]

Conservative consternation: Protesters rally against Yoon's impeachment in Yongsan District

Members of conservative political associations hold a rally to denounce the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol near his official residence in Yongsan District, central Seoul, on Jan. 12.

2025.1.12

Supporters of President Yoon Suk Yeol hold a rally on the main road through Hannam-dong in Yongsan District, central Seoul, after the Seoul Western District Court approved a warrant for his arrest on Dec. 31. [NEWS1]

Protests in front of Yoon's residence turn unruly after arrest warrant issued

Chaotic scenes unfolded in front of President Yoon Suk Yeol’s official residence in Seoul on Tuesday after a court approved a warrant for his arrest in connection with his short-lived imposition of martial law on Dec. 3.

2024.12.31

The presidential office in Yongsan District, central Seoul, as photographed from the outside on Friday. [YONHAP]

Police raid presidential office in martial law investigation

A police unit in charge of investigating President Yoon Suk Yeol’s declaration of emergency martial law last week raided the presidential office in Yongsan District on Wednesday morning, according to officials.

2024.12.11

Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) Director of Operations Kang Shin-chul holds a press briefing at the Defense Ministry in Yongsan on Tuesday regarding drones. [NEWS1]

South Korea's military apologizes for failure against North's UAVs

The South Korean military apologized for failing to shoot down any of the five North Korean drones that flew on Monday for hours over Incheon, Gyeonggi and parts of Seoul.

2022.12.27

Park Hee-young, head of the Yongsan District Office, answers questions during a Public Administration and Security Committee meeting at the National Assembly in Yeouido, western Seoul, on Nov. 7, 2022. [YONHAP]

Head of Yongsan District Office banned from leaving Korea

Park Hee-young, head of the Yongsan District Office, was banned Friday from leaving the country by the Ministry of Justice which immediately granted a ban requested by the Special Investigation Headquarters of the National Police Agency.

2022.11.11

People grieve at a mourning altar for the victims of the Halloween tragedy in Itaewon at Seoul Plaza in central Seoul on Monday. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]

Gov't tries to figure out how Itaewon tragedy happened

Police and government authorities are focusing on understanding the circumstances that led to the horrific Halloween crowd crush in Itaewon Saturday that killed at least 154 people, including a middle school student.

2022.10.31