SEOUL, Oct. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics marked Korea’s Hangeul Day with a traveling art exhibition across major U.S. universities, highlighting the beauty and cultural value of the Korean alphabet through a collaboration with the New York Korean Cultural Center and renowned installation artist Kang Ik-joong. The company said Thursday that the “Hangeul Truck” project [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Two secluded sites within Gyeongbok Palace — the heart of Seoul’s royal heritage and one of its most visited landmarks — will open to the public for a limited time this month, offering a rare glimpse into spaces usually closed for preservation. The Royal Palaces and Tombs Center of [...]
SEOCHEON, Oct. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – In March 1919, cries of “Manse for Korean independence” rang out across a market square in Seocheon County, South Chungcheong Province, as more than 2,000 villagers rallied against Japanese colonial rule. More than a century later, that historic site has taken on a new life — as a café [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul International Fireworks Festival, one of South Korea’s largest annual public events, lit up the skies above the Han River on Saturday, drawing more than one million spectators with elaborate displays coordinated by Hanwha and teams from Italy and Canada. Now in its 21st year, the festival featured [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — A rare video of a wild fox preying on a young water deer has underscored the ecological balance returning to South Korea’s national parks. The National Park Service released footage Thursday showing the hunt, filmed on June 16 in Sobaeksan National Park. The video also captured a mother deer [...]
GYEONGJU, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is preparing to relocate the Sacred Bell of King Seongdeok, one of the nation’s most treasured cultural artifacts, from its outdoor pavilion in Gyeongju to a purpose-built indoor exhibition hall, as concerns mount over the impact of extreme climate conditions on preservation. Yoon Sang-deok, director of the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The 8th Seoul Africa Festival turned into a vivid celebration of style, rhythm and cultural exchange on Saturday night, as more than 2,000 spectators packed into Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP) for a premium fashion show featuring designers from across Africa and Korea. The evening opened with pounding West African [...]
Seoul Museum Pairs K-Pop Anime With Centuries-Old Tiger-and-Magpie Motifs SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — As Netflix’s animated feature K-Pop Demon Hunters continues to draw global attention, a Seoul museum is spotlighting the traditional roots behind some of its most popular characters. The Leeum Museum of Art in Hannam-dong is hosting a special exhibition titled [...]
YEONGCHEON, South Korea, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — In the early hours of Monday morning, more than 70 stargazers huddled on a damp lawn outside Bohyeonsan Astronomical Science Museum to witness a spectacle unseen in three years: a total lunar eclipse. Clouds hung over the southeastern city of Yeongcheon after a day of rain, but [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s night sky lit up Sunday as 1,200 drones formed characters and landmarks from the hit animated film K-Pop Demon Hunters in the first of a new season of Hangang River light shows. The event, staged at Ttukseom Hangang Park, drew large crowds and is part of the city’s broader [...]