SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — A late Belgian veteran of the 1950-53 Korean War will be laid to rest in South Korea’s southeastern city of Busan next month, Seoul’s veterans ministry said Thursday. A burial ceremony for Leon Bosquet will take place on Nov. 15 at the U.N. Memorial Cemetery in Busan, 320 kilometers [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – Sungshin Women’s University professor Seo Kyung-duk, renowned for exposing the distorted history surrounding the Korean Peninsula, has joined forces with Na Young-seok, one of South Korea’s most celebrated producers, to shed light on the poignant tale of the vanished Dokdo sea lions from the Korean Peninsula. Commemorating Dokdo Day on [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of cases of distorted facts on South Korean history identified by the Korean Culture and Information Service (KOCIS) rose over the past three years, but the proportion of corrections being made almost halved, government data showed Thursday. The number of inaccuracies on South Korean history compiled by [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 15 (Korea Bizwire) –The ceremonial stage in front of Gyeongbok Palace’s Gwanghwamun gate in Seoul has been restored to its original state and will open to the public for the first time in about a century. The Cultural Heritage Administration (CHA) will hold a ceremony to mark the completion of the yearlong project [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The remains of two more South Korean soldiers killed during the 1950-53 Korean War have been identified, years after their discovery, the defense ministry said Friday. The ministry’s Agency for KIA Recovery and Identification identified the remains of Lee Yeong-jo and Son Myeong-man, recovered in 2005 and 2016, respectively, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – The U.S. military has changed the naming of the waters between the Korean Peninsula and Japan in photo captions describing the venue for last week’s bilateral naval drills with South Korea, its website showed Thursday. The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command had initially used the Japanese name for the body of [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – The parliamentary Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee on Monday passed a resolution denouncing Japan for laying claims to South Korea’s easternmost islets of Dokdo and approving school textbooks containing such claims. The resolution had originally passed through the committee in June, but the committee decided to pass it again [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) –The Hansung Baekje Cultural Festival is happening at Peace Plaza in Olympic Park in Songpa-gu, starting on Friday and lasting for three days. Baekje was one of the ancient states of Korea, and it was part of the Three Kingdoms period along with Goguryeo and Silla. They all had their [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Students from Kassel University in Germany, along with nearby residents, organized a mask demonstration chanting ‘I’m Nujin’ and ‘Save Nujin’ after the Statue of Peace ‘Nujin,’ set up by the student council, was unexpectedly removed. On September 2 (local time), in front of Kassel Central Station during Kassel Museum Night, [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – The Gaya Tumuli, which consists of seven tomb clusters dating back to Korea’s ancient Gaya confederacy, will be added to UNESCO’s World Heritage list. The decision was made during the 45th session of the World Heritage Committee, held in Riyadh on Sunday (Saudi local time). The committee said the [...]