SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Culture Minister Chae Hwi-young on Friday visited Jongmyo Shrine in central Seoul with the head of the nation’s heritage agency and vowed to “take every possible measure,” including revising laws, to prevent high-rise buildings from being built directly across from the shrine. The visit came a day after the Supreme [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Two of Korea’s most treasured cultural masterpieces are being reimagined in vivid digital form to greet international visitors arriving at Incheon International Airport. The National Palace Museum of Korea announced Tuesday that it will unveil two new high-definition media art videos at the airport’s Traditional Culture Media Wall, a 150-meter-long [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — As South Korea marks the 30th anniversary of Jongmyo Shrine’s inscription as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, a dispute over urban redevelopment in central Seoul is stirring fears that the Confucian royal shrine could soon find itself on the organization’s endangered list. The 15th-century shrine—dedicated to the kings and queens [...]
TOKYO, Nov. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — A plan for a South Korean Air Force jet to refuel at a Japanese Self-Defense Force base has collapsed after Tokyo raised objections over the aircraft’s prior flight over Dokdo, the disputed islets between the two countries, Japan’s Yomiuri Shimbun reported Sunday. According to the report, Seoul had requested permission [...]
GYEONGJU, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s National Museum of Gyeongju has opened a landmark exhibition that gathers all six surviving gold crowns of the ancient Silla Kingdom for the first time, showcasing the height of the kingdom’s golden age of artistry and royal splendor. Titled “Silla Gold Crowns: Power and Prestige,” the exhibition opened [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – A clear majority of South Koreans continue to view unification with North Korea as a national goal, even as doubts persist about the prospects for renewed diplomacy with Pyongyang, according to a government-commissioned survey released Sunday. Nearly 69 percent of respondents said unification remains either “very necessary” or “quite necessary,” [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 40 years after being forcibly sent to the notorious Samcheong Reeducation Camp under the military regime of Chun Doo-hwan, a victim has won a rare court-ordered compensation from the South Korean government. The Seoul Central District Court recently ruled that the state must pay 95 million won (about [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Archaeologists have unearthed a lavish tomb believed to belong to a Silla-era general dating back 1,600 years, the national heritage agency said Monday. The tomb, thought to have been built for a high-ranking general who died around age 30, was discovered at the royal tomb complex in Gyeongju, the [...]
BERLIN, Sept. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — With just a week left before a deadline to dismantle a comfort woman statue in Berlin, a Korean civic group has filed an injunction against the local district office, seeking to preserve the memorial that has become a focal point of historical and diplomatic tensions. The Korea Verband, a [...]
SUWON, Sept. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — More than six decades after they were arrested and branded as traitors, two former university students have won damages from the South Korean government for their wrongful detention during mass protests against the 1964 South Korea–Japan normalization talks. The Suwon District Court ruled Sunday that the state must compensate [...]