MOUNT KUMGANG, North Korea, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Hundreds of South and North Koreans torn apart by the 1950-53 Korean War met for the first time in over six decades in a tearful, long-dreamed-of family reunion on Monday. Eighty-nine South Koreans, mostly in their 70s and older, met about 180 long-separated family members, including [...]
BUSAN, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Constructed on the very site where Busan’s first cathedral was built more than 100 years ago, the nation’s first church specializing in matrimonial and family affairs has opened its doors to the public. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Busan carried out a celebratory ceremony officiated by Bishop Paul Hwang [...]
BUSAN, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Busan has announced plans to plant 225,000 trees in a neighborhood with poor air quality, the district of Saha-gu, by 2027. The municipality of Saha-gu announced Saturday that it would be pushing forth a “forest belt project” in order to reduce fine dust levels and alleviate [...]
BUSAN, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — An old fishing port in Busan has transformed itself in artistic form, surprising visitors and residents alike. On social media websites, Jangrim Port in Busan’s Saha-gu is now being dubbed “Bunezia,” which is a combination of the words “Busan” and “Venezia,” the Italian name for “Venice.” The nickname was [...]
JINJU, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — “Bicha,” which translates to “flying vehicle,” is a best-selling novel that retells the story of an aircraft that is said to have flown the skies during the Japanese invasion of Korea in 1592. The novel will now be turned into a movie and musical. The flying vehicle or wagon [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Starting this month, all schools must have at least one librarian on staff, according to a newly proposed bill revision that was resolved during a cabinet meeting presided by President Moon Jae-in on August 14 at the Blue House. The National Assembly revised an existing law in February to [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Hur Min, a 42-year-old baseball aficionado and successful entrepreneur, has many achievements under his belt. Hur founded Korea’s first independent baseball team and played for the Rockland Boulders, an independent American baseball team, as a knuckleball pitcher. Now, the former owner of the Goyang Wonders has his eyes on [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — What started as a humble congregation of 20 Christians at a fringe neighborhood in Seoul 40 years ago has now grown into arguably the world’s biggest Presbyterian church. Myungsung Church now stands on tens of thousands of square meters of land in the southeastern district that became a populous [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A new study has found that the size and shape of people’s skulls in South Korea has changed over the years. Koreans who were born in the 1970s were found to have 6 percent larger skulls in terms of cranial cavity, which is the space within the skull, and [...]
YEONGDONG, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A gigantic zelkova tree in North Chungcheong Province is known as the “independence fighter tree,” having been around for approximately 350 years in the small village of Bakgye-ri in Haksan-myeon, Yeongdong-gun. The tree got its nickname after villagers climbed up to keep watch over Japanese military police during the [...]