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LG Display said Sunday that it has delivered transparent organic light-emitting displays for the windows of the latest Great Train Express trains, the new high-speed trains connecting the Greater Seoul area. It is the first time that transparent OLED screens have been used in train windows here to display route maps and other entertainment content for passengers. LG has been supplying transparent OLED train windows t...

The new high-frequency suburban rail service for commuters named Great Train Express (GTX) is set to begin operation on Saturday, marking a watershed moment in the evolution of Seouls public transportation. President Yoon Suk Yeol said Friday the GTX network will grow to become the South Korean equivalent of the Crossrail of London and its suburbs in the United Kingdom, and the RER centering around Paris. Those usin...

President Yoon Suk Yeol attended the opening of a section of the Great Train Express (GTX)-A commuter rail line in southern Seoul on Friday, part of a fulfillment of a campaign pledge to reduce the commute between the capital city and the surrounding area to the 30-minute range.

The Great Train Express commuter rail line connecting Seoul and surrounding cities will begin operating its first leg Saturday, with the eventual goal of bringing several cities in Gyeonggi and Gangwon Province within commuting range of the nation's capital. The first leg of the GTX-A will run between Suseo Station in southern Seoul and Dongtan Station in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province, 45 kilometers south of Seoul...

(ATTN: UPDATES with Yoon's remarks; ADDS photo)By Lee Haye-ah SEOUL, March 29 (Yonh...

The ruling People Power Party (PPP) renewed its commitment Wednesday to administrative district reorganization aimed at including Gimpo and other adjacent cities in Seoul as it wooed voters in such cities ahead of Aprils general elections.

The main opposition leader on Thursday rolled out a set of pledges aimed at reducing subway and railway noise pollution, a day after the ruling party announced its own plans to resolve similar issues. Visiting Sindorim Station in Seoul, Democratic Party of Korea Chair Lee Jae-myung pledged to launch a renovation project that would relocate several elevated railways across the country underground. The parties' pl...

By AsiaToday reporter Jeong Ah-reumThe South Korean government on Thursday unveiled a plan to expand the Great Train Express (GTX) high-speed train li..

President Yoon Suk Yeol announced plans to expand the Great Train Express (GTX) high-speed train lines, Thursday, renewing his campaign pledge to reduce commuting times to the 30-minute range for people living in the greater Seoul area.

President Yoon Suk Yeol vowed Thursday to make sweeping improvements to commuter transport in the Seoul metropolitan area by extending express rail networks and adding new bus lanes and double-decker electric buses. Yoon made the remark during a government-public debate on people's livelihood issues, the sixth in a series, recalling his campaign pledge to reduce the commute between Seoul and the surrounding area...