SEOUL, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Over 6 million have participated in temple-life experience programs over the past decades, with foreigners accounting for 11 percent of the total, data showed Saturday. According to data compiled by Rep. Song Eon-seok of the ruling People Power Party, a total of 6.44 million have visited temples across the [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy has announced the installation of a new cutting-edge device at an upcoming exhibition held at the National Museum of Korea. This device incorporates organic light-emitting diode (OLED)-based exhibition technology and will be part of a trial. The device will be placed at [...]
SEOUL, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea (MMCA) said Thursday it will hold an exhibition focused on Korean experimental art in the 1960s and 1970s jointly with Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York. Titled “Only the Young: Experimental Art in Korea, 1960s–1970s,” the exhibition will explore experimental artistic [...]
SEOUL, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean garden in Britain is gaining attention and receiving praise from King Charles III at one of the world’s most prestigious horticultural events. Korean garden designer Hwang Ji-hae on Monday (local time) unveiled a garden, “A Letter from a Million Years Past,” at the Chelsea Flower Show [...]
SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Lotte Department Store said Monda it will open a pop-up store showcasing a variety of merchandise from the National Museum of Korea. The pop-up store will be located in one of the basement levels of the department store’s Myeongdong branch. It will offer approximately 200 different kinds of merchandise [...]
SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) — On Tuesday, Shinsegae Foods announced the launch of their new product, the Lotus Sweet Red Bean Bread, which is made entirely from plant-based ingredients, excluding milk, eggs, or butter. This launch coincides with the celebration of Buddha’s birthday. Developed in collaboration with temple food experts, this delightful bread is [...]
SEOUL, May 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The annual lantern parade is set to take place in central Seoul on Saturday at full scale ahead of Buddha’s Birthday next week for the first time in four years, organizers said. The annual parade will begin at Dongdaemun at 7 p.m., and end after arriving at Jogye Temple, [...]
DAEGU, May 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The 2023 Daegu Street Motor Festival will take place in Daegu’s Jung District this weekend at the city’s “car alley,” showcasing unique street cars. Hosted by the Car Alley Merchants Association and sponsored by the Daegu city government and Jung district office, the festival celebrates its 12th year. It [...]
SEOUL, May 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Dondeokjeon, a historic Western-style building in Deoksu Palace used as a royal guesthouse during the Korean Empire (1897-1910), will open to the public in September after being reconstructed in its original shape, officials said Friday. The Cultural Heritage Administration (CHA) said the reconstruction was part of its broader plan [...]
SEOUL, May 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s archival records related to two of the nation’s historic grassroots revolutions, which are seen to have contributed to the democratization of Korea, were added to UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register on Thursday, officials said. UNESCO approved the inscription of the archives of the April 19 Revolution, [...]