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No. 39 (2023.6.16)
Smart City Issue

Minister Won Hee-ryong discussed the future of transportation at the ITF Transport Ministers' Meeting.

2023.05.26. / Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport
 Won Hee-ryong, Minister of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport은 5월 24()~25(neck), held in Leipzig, Germany, under the theme of 'Transport Enabling a Sustainable Economy''23International Transport Forum(ITF) transport ministers meeting"to attendto address the challenges facing the world, such as climate change and the recovery of global supply chains. International cooperation plan과 Ukrainian Infrastructure Reconstruction Plandiscussed about.

Lee Won-jae, 1st Vice Minister of MOLIT “Strengthening Cooperation with the World Bank on Smart City and Mobility”

2023.05.25. / Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport

 Wonjae Lee Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport1loanMay 5th (Thu) at 25:13 in Jung-gu, Seoul World Bank Anna Bjerde(Anna Bjerde) Meeting with Secretary General (Managing Director for Operations) Urban Development, Housing, Transportation, etc. Support Infrastructure Improvementsbetween the two institutions to expand the scope of cooperationdiscuss what to doit was

Smart City Policy Project

From self-driving car delivery... Continued Mobility Innovation

2023.05.24. / Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport(Minister Won Hee-ryong) as part of the "autonomous driving mobility service pilot project" Anyone can use it for freethis possible Self-driving luggage delivery service를 5 25부터 Started in Daegu and JejuSaid.

Smart City Policy Trend

Busan City enters the world's top 20... 19th in the world intelligent (smart) city evaluation!

2023.06.01. / Busan

Busan City has succeeded in transforming into a digital-centered economy and has grown into an intelligent (smart) city, ranked 19th in the world (TOP) and 3rd in Asia (TOP).

Busan Metropolitan City (Mayor Park Hyeong-joon) cites the 5th evaluation of the World Smart Centers Index (SCI: Smart Centers Index) announced on May 25, major cities around the world 77One of the most digital-centric smart cities 19said to have risen to

Seoul city, spurring commercialization after UAM demonstration... Demonstration of 2 routes in Yeouido and Jamsil

2023.05.12. / Seoul

It seems that the 'flying car', which existed only in the distant future imagination, can be seen in the sky of Seoul. It is expected to introduce a tourism service that allows you to quickly move to major areas such as Gimpo Airport, Yeouido, and Jamsil, and fly while enjoying the sunset over the Han River.

The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced that it would promote a demonstration project with MOLIT and begin full-scale preparations for the commercialization of Urban Air Mobility (UAM).

Intelligent Cities, Sharing Digital Tax Policy in Rwanda

2023.05.15. / Sejong Special Self-Governing City

Six high-ranking officials, including the director of tax policy at the Ministry of Finance and Economy of Rwanda, visited Sejong Special Self-Governing City (Mayor Choi Min-ho) on the 6th to enhance understanding of Sejong City's intelligent city (smart city) and digital taxation.

Gwangju City is reborn as a future smart transportation city.

2023.05.01. / Gwangju

Gwangju City is reborn as a future smart transportation city by building an intelligent transportation system (ITS) smart crosswalk and promoting a traffic safety facility management system.

Gwangju Metropolitan City (Mayor Kang Ki-jeong) recently held a workshop with Gwangju National Police Agency traffic safety facility managers to discuss in-depth traffic facility promotion policies and expansion areas, reduce citizen inconvenience and increase traffic safety, '2023 Future Traffic Facility Focus Promotion Policy' ', announced on the 1st.

Searching for missing people with AI CCTV and managing road conditions... Smart Cities are becoming more advanced.

2023.05.10. / Incheon Metropolitan City

The Incheon Free Economic Zone Authority is in full swing to build state-of-the-art smart city-based services.
As the '2030 IFEZ Smart City Promotion Strategy' and the detailed design service for the first phase of smart city-based services have been completed, the Incheon Economic Administration announced on the 1th that it will invest a total of 102 billion won by next year to build the first phase of smart city-based services.

Distributed Energy Special Act passed by the National Assembly… Jeju Island secures driving force for accelerating energy transformation

2023.05.26. / Jeju Special Self-Governing Province

Jeju Special Self-Governing Province welcomed the passing of the National Assembly on the 25th by the Special Act on Vitalization of Distributed Energy (draft), and announced that it would accelerate the great energy transformation that Jeju has been leading based on this.

Smart City Special

“Could it be my neighborhood?” Where is the city selected as a 'smart city' that pierced the competition rate of 5 to 1? 

2023.05.04. / OBS News Today
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Are there any countries that change their capital? The secret of moving the capital of Indonesia!

2023.05.09. / Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport
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Smart City News

2023 Unmanned Vehicle Industry Expo

2023.06.21-06.23. / COEX

– Schedule: 2023-06-21 ~ 2023-06-23

– Venue: COEX Hall C, D

– Content: Korea’s only business exhibition specializing in unmanned vehicles held in Seoul, where you can meet everything in the air, land, and marine unmanned vehicle industries in one place.

– Organizer: Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, Ministry of Science and ICT, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport, Ministry of National Defense, Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, Defense Acquisition Program Administration

– Entrance fee: 10,000 won

2023 Land Transport Technology Exhibition

2023.06.28-06.30. / COEX

– Schedule: 2023.6.28.(Wed)∼6.30.(Fri)

– Venue: COEX D Hall, ASEM Ball Room, conference room

– Purpose: Providing opportunities for corporate growth, such as improving R&D performance in the field of land transportation and technology exchange

– Organizer : Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport

– Organizer: Korea Agency for Infrastructure Technology Advancement (KAIA)

Smart City Literature

[Contribution] Urban regeneration, first-class contributor to revitalization as 'declining' → 'characteristic' area

The government has selected 'a local era that is good for living anywhere in Korea' as one of the six national goals, and is promoting various policy efforts to resolve the crisis of local disappearance, which is compounded by population decline and job loss. Urban regeneration is one of the important means to achieve the goals of the local era. The concept and role of this and the direction to be taken are examined through the voices of experts in the policy briefing.
Jeongeun Park, Director of Urban Regeneration Research Center, Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements
Source: Korea Policy Briefing

[Contribution] National Basic Plan with Specific and Realistic Action Plans to Realize 40% Carbon Reduction

Carbon neutrality is an irresistible global trend. As a way to solve climate change, which is a clear global crisis, countries are promoting various tasks to realize carbon neutrality. The Korean government also expressed its will to implement carbon neutrality and promote green growth, such as announcing the government plan of the '1st National Carbon Neutral Green Growth Basic Plan (2023-2042)', which is the highest legal plan related to carbon neutrality and green growth. there is. What is needed for smooth policy promotion? What kind of effort should be added? The contributions of private members of the 2050 Carbon Neutral Green Growth Committee are listed in turn.
Younhee Ha, Professor, Graduate School of Energy and Environment, Korea University
Source: Korea Policy Briefing
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