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 [...]
SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — A large-scale artwork with an inscribed depiction of the Bible has been built in a cemetery in Yangpyeong County, Gyeonggi Province. The artwork, made with stainless steel, is 83 meters wide and 7.7 meters high, with an inscription of 1,753 pages or 1.5 million letters of the Bible. The [...]
JEJU, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — A growing number of seniors over 60, city dwellers and high income earners prefer a monthlong stay on Jeju Island, according to recent data. The Jeju Tourism Organization estimated that as many as 9.3 million people visited the island during the period from August 2021 to July 2022, based [...]
JEJU, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) — A new coastal bridge has been built at Wimi Port, located on the southern coast of Jeju Island looking out over the South Sea. The Jeju provincial government said Wednesday it had completed the construction of a new pedestrian bridge at Wimi Port, located along Jeju’s Olle Trail 5. [...]
SEOUL, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Lotte Home Shopping Inc., a shopping unit of retail conglomerate Lotte, said Tuesday it is joining hands with its bear mascot “Bellygom” to hold public exhibitions at Seoul’s major landmarks. The company will host the Amazing Bellygom Happy B-DAY event at Lotte World Tower’s main square from April 1-23. [...]
SEOUL, March 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Netizens who were saddened by the story behind Sero, a zebra that made international headlines for escaping from its zoo enclosure and running through city streets, have created pictures of consolation for the zebra using artificial intelligence. According to local AI startup Lion Rocket, users of the company’s web [...]
SUNCHEON, March 28 (Korea Bizwire) — A pre-opening event for the 2023 Suncheon Bay Garden Expo was held in Suncheon in South Jeolla Province on Saturday, one week before the official opening of the expo. The pre-opening event was crowded with visitors who came to enjoy the beauty of the gardens. A long queue of [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean companies are joining the Earth Hour campaign, in which people turn off the lights to raise awareness about the dangers of climate change. Hyundai Motor Co. announced that it will turn off all of the lights at company headquarters in southern Seoul for one hour on Saturday [...]
SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government on Wednesday unveiled the schedule for a variety of festivities that will be held on Nodeul Island, a 119,854 square-meter island located near the country’s financial district of Yeouido. On April 1, some 100 teams of pet dogs and their guardians will participate in various [...]
SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) — About 1,800 Seoul citizens made a joint declaration to reduce the use of plastics at the Han River and streams in the Seoul area. The Seoul Metropolitan Government on Wednesday hosted a special event marking World Water Day to celebrate the “No Plastic Han River” joint citizen action day. [...]