{
  "id": 4823550,
  "title": "Seoul unveils \"MY SEOUL+\" platform for foreign residents",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/seoul-unveils-my-seoul-platform-for-foreign-residents",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-01T08:57:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/lifestyle/travel-food/20260901/seoul-unveils-my-seoul-platform-for-foreign-residents"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Seoul has introduced a new online platform called MY SEOUL+ to streamline access to government services for the city's foreign residents. With over 400,000 foreign residents in Seoul, ranging from students and professionals to marriage migrants, the challenge has been finding services scattered across different websites in dense Korean language. The new MY SEOUL+ portal aims to eliminate these administrative barriers by consolidating essential public services, real-time updates and localized support into a single, user-friendly digital hub. This overhaul reflects a shift in Korea's demographic policy, where local governments are transitioning from temporary foreign-worker policies to long-term integration strategies. As the number of foreign residents in Korea exceeds 2.8 million, the importance of digital accessibility for social stability becomes increasingly apparent.",
  "summary": "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…",
  "key_points": [
    "Seoul launches MY SEOUL+ platform for foreign residents.",
    "Platform consolidates 400k+ foreign services in one hub.",
    "Reflects shift to long-term integration strategies in Korea."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Seoul unveils \"MY SEOUL+\" platform for foreign residents",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/seoul-unveils-my-seoul-platform-for-foreign-residents-4825077",
        "published": "2026-09-01T09:02:03.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}