Seoul unveils "MY SEOUL+" platform for foreign residents
Navigating bureaucracy in a foreign country can often feel like translating a map in the dark. For the more than 400,000 foreign residents who call Seoul home — ranging from university students and tech professionals to marriage migrants and factory workers — the challenge has rarely been a lack of government services, but rather finding them hidden across fragmented public websites and buried…
Seoul has launched a new digital platform called MY SEOUL+ to simplify life for the city's foreign residents. This revamped portal unites essential government services, real-time municipal updates, and localized civic support under one user-friendly interface. The initiative aims to address the challenges faced by over 400,000 foreign residents, who often struggle to find necessary services scattered across various public websites and dense, bureaucratic Korean language websites.
Seoul's foreign resident population now exceeds 2.8 million, prompting local governments to shift from temporary foreign-worker policies to long-term integration strategies. With demographic decline in mind, the Seoul Metropolitan Government hopes that digital accessibility will foster social stability and streamline administrative processes for foreign residents.
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