SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The Jogye Order, South Korea’s biggest Buddhist sect, said Wednesday it has launched a program for participants of the World Scout Jamboree, who have been relocated to Seoul in anticipation of the arrival of Typhoon Khanun, providing them with an opportunity to engage with traditional temple culture. The Jogye [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Cultural experience programs for World Scout Jamboree participants, evacuated to eight different regions from the Saemangeum venue earlier this week, will be held only indoors Thursday due to the onset of the powerful Typhoon Khanun, a minister in charge of the event’s safety said Wednesday. About 37,000 young Scouts [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government has announced its plan to host the Korea Vegan Fair 2023 at COEX, scheduled from Thursday to Saturday. This year, the city government has participated as a co-organizer of the fair, aligning with its efforts to promote the adoption of a “vegan lifestyle” for the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — About 37,000 young Scouts and adult volunteers from 156 countries began arriving at about 130 different accommodations in Seoul and seven other regions hours after leaving Saemangeum, the venue of the 25th World Scout Jamboree, four days ahead of schedule Tuesday morning due to the approach of a powerful [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — All remaining participants in the 25th World Scout Jamboree will begin to depart from the campsite in the Saemangeum reclaimed land in southwestern South Korea on Tuesday morning, the government said Monday, as a powerful typhoon is approaching the nation. The early departure is set to start at 10 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The government on Monday unveiled a plan to further enhance its global infrastructure and networks for Korean language education, including increasing the number of overseas outlets of the government-run King Sejong Institute brand to 350 by 2027. The announcement was made during the World Korean Educator Conference 2023 that [...]
BUAN, Aug. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The overall situation at the campground of the 25th World Scout Jamboree appears to be improving gradually day by day, following all-out support from the South Korean government, public institutions and private companies. The quadrennial global event ran into a crisis soon after kicking off on remote reclaimed land [...]
GENEVA, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean conductor Yoon Han-kyeol won the Herbert von Karajan Young Conductors Award, one of the most prestigious prizes for young conductors, in Salzburg, Austria, on Sunday. The jury named the 29-year-old the winner of the Karajan Young Conductors Award during a ceremony at the main auditorium of the Mozarteum [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Municipal and provincial governments across South Korea were busy arranging various tourism programs for participants at the World Scout Jamboree under way in the country as alternative activities amid an ongoing extreme heat wave and other issues that have affected the global gathering. The event held in the southwestern [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Representatives of the participating countries decided to go ahead with the World Scout Jamboree on Saturday despite sweltering temperatures and other challenges that led U.S., British and other Scouts to pull out from the campsite on the country’s southwest coast. Prime Minister Han Duck-soo announced the decision after a [...]