SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The Jinhae Gunhangje (Jinhae Naval Port Festival), South Korea’s flagship cherry blossom festival, has become increasingly popular among foreign tourists, with tens of thousands of visitors from Taiwan and Southeast Asia attending the festival. In addition to Jinhae, Taiwanese tourists have also been flocking to nearby Gimhae, leading to [...]
SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The ever-increasing popularity of Korean dramas has turned the coast city of Gangneung, Gangwon Province into a tourist hotspot. The Jumunjin district in Gangneung, the filming location of the 2016 drama “Guardian: The Lonely and Great God,” also known as “Goblin,” has once again gained popularity as the backdrop [...]
SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Wednesday it had created green spaces at two youth centers aimed at enabling teenagers who are excessively exposed to digital media to find mental stability by experiencing nature. The Play Ground, established at the Boramae Youth Center, consists of a series of gardens. The [...]
SEOUL, April 5 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. on Tuesday announced the launch of a new global afforestation initiative. LG’s Indonesian branch partnered with Jakarta’s Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) last year to plant trees in Jakarta and two other cities. As of late last month, the tech firm’s had planted some 19,000 trees. [...]
DAEGU, April 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The Daegu Metropolitan Government said Tuesday it will designate 20 florist shops in the city as medical clinics for pet plants, offering assistance to those struggling with growing their plants. Anyone will be able to bring their plant to the nearest plant clinic to receive various medical services like [...]
POCHEON, April 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea National Arboretum in the city of Pocheon, northeast of Seoul, said Monday it had opened a new Lichen Garden in the arboretum’s temperate house. Lichen is a composite organism that arises from algae and fungi maintaining a mutualistic relationship. The garden introduces lichens that live in the [...]
JINJU, April 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The municipal government of Jinju in South Gyeongsang Province said Monday that its Pavilion of Floating Lights won the “Honor” Award at the Canadian Wood Council’s Wood Design & Building Awards. The Pavilion of Floating Lights, completed in March last year, is a wooden building that was created by [...]
SEOUL, April 3 (Korea Bizwire) — A zebra that escaped from Seoul Children’s Grand Park’s zoo in eastern Seoul last month has become a star at the zoo. Last week, the zoo was filled with visitors trying to find Sero, a three-year-old zebra who made international headlines following a recent zoo escape. Sero didn’t seem [...]
SEOUL, April 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul Forest, Dosan Park and Ttukseom Han River Park were selected by South Koreans in their 20s and 30s as the most popular locations for enjoying cherry blossoms, the wireless carrier said. SK Telecom Co. analyzed the mobile data of people visiting tourist hotspots in Seoul during last year’s [...]
SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Institute of Ecology on Friday held a ceremony for the third anniversary of Endangered Species Day at Seoul Zoo in Gwacheon, south of Seoul. Endangered Species Day was first proclaimed in 2021 in remembrance of April 1, 1987, when South Korea designated its first endangered species. In [...]