CHANGNYEONG, April 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Changnyeong-gun in Gyeongsangnam-do is expanding the Upo Wetland Protection Area to efficiently preserve and prevent damage to Upo Wetland, which has a well-preserved ecosystem. The Ministry of Environment designated 8.56 million square meters of Upo Wetland as a wetland protection area in August 1999, and now plans to expand [...]
SEOUL, April 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A Korean Village will be established to provide temporary shelter for survivors of the earthquake in Turkey. The Korean Association in Turkey said that the village will be built in Iskenderun, Hatay Province, on a plot of 27,700 square meters of land. The village will be composed of 360 containers. [...]
YONGIN, April 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Everland’s ecological safari “Lost Valley” is celebrating its 10th anniversary on April 20th, having welcomed 18 million visitors over the past decade. The safari, which allows visitors to closely observe 200 herbivores of 24 species, has become an essential part of Everland’s offering, with 30% of all visitors over [...]
BERLIN, April 16 (Korea Bizwire) —A charity concert was held in Berlin by the Seoul Nanum Clarinet Ensemble and organized by Haero, a non-profit Korean social welfare organization. Over 700 Koreans living in Germany, including families of miners and nurses, attended the event. The concert was held to repay the kindness of the first generation [...]
SEOUL, April 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Due to rerouting caused by the war in Ukraine, flight times to most European cities have increased by up to two hours, with Paris and London taking about 14 hours and 30 minutes. Even flights to relatively close cities like Frankfurt and Budapest now take 13 hours and 12 [...]
CHEONGDO, April 15 (Korea Bizwire) – The Cheongdo Bullfighting Festival is making a comeback after a four-year break. The festival is set to take place at the Cheongdo Bullfighting Stadium in Hwayang-eup and will last for three days from the 14th to the 16th of this month. The event will kick off with traditional folk [...]
BUSAN, April 15 (Korea Bizwire) – The 27th Gijang Anchovy Festival will be held at Daebyeon Port in Gijang-eup, Gijang-gun from the 21st to the 23rd of April. The festival is the nation’s first seafood food festival that began in 1997 and will consist of various programs to celebrate the vitality of anchovies in spring [...]
IMSIL, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) —The 38th Euigyeon Cultural Festival and Imsil NPetStar, a cultural festival for pets and their owners, are scheduled to take place from May 5 to May 7. This festival has been held in Osu Euigyeon Park, Imsil-gun, Jeollabuk-do since 1982 to honor the Osu dog’s spirit, who saved his owner [...]
SEOUL, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul Land theme park has announced its “Mardi Gras Together!” carnival parade, which will run until June 6. The photo shows performers at Seoul Land in Gwacheon donning exotic masks featuring motifs such as carnival and lion masks. Mardi Gras, a French term which translates to “Fat Tuesday” in English, [...]
BUSAN, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Farmer Kim Kyung-yang is harvesting rice for the first time this season in the Busan area on Friday morning, at his rice field located in Jukdong-dong, Gangseo-gu, Busan. The first variety to be planted in his field is Hae Dam rice, an early season type that will have a [...]