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The Seoul Metropolitan Council (Korean: 서울특별시의회) is the local council of Seoul. There are a total of 112 members, with 101 members elected in the First-past-the-post voting system and 11 members elected in Party-list proportional representation. The council uses the historic building Bumingwan in Jung District. [1]
The Seoul Metropolitan Government has one mayor and three vice mayors, with one in charge of political affairs and the other two in charge of administrative affairs. Seoul is subdivided into 25 autonomous gu and 522 administrative dong. [1] [2] The Seoul Institute (SI), the think tank for the city, was established in 1992 by the Seoul ...
The high-level local governments of South Korea consist of one Special City, six Metropolitan Cities, one Special Self-Governing City, eight Provinces, and two Special Self-Governing Province, totalling up to 17 governing councils. The head of the city is referred as the mayor and that of the province as the governor.
Through the "Everybody's Buddy" program run by the Seoul Metropolitan Government, volunteers and social welfare workers tour neighborhoods, hanging goody bags with small gifts and a number to dial ...
The mayor of Seoul (Korean: 서울특별시장) is the chief executive of Seoul Metropolitan Government, Seoul being the capital and largest city of South Korea. The position is historically one of the most powerful in the country, charged with managing an annual budget of 23 trillion won. [1] Many Seoul mayors have gone on to hold higher office.
Seoul City Hall (Korean: 서울특별시 청사) is a governmental building for the Seoul Metropolitan Government in South Korea, in charge of the administrative affairs of Seoul. It is located in Taepyeongno , Jung-gu , at the heart of Seoul.
Seoul Metropolitan Council; Seoul Metropolitan Fire and Disaster Management Headquarters; Seoul Metropolitan Government; Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency
A gun (군; 郡) is one of the divisions of a province (along with si), and of the metropolitan cities of Busan, Daegu, Incheon and Ulsan (along with gu). A gun has a population of less than 150,000 (more than that would make it a city or si ), is less densely populated than a gu , and is more rural in character than either of the other 2 ...