YESAN, May 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The first stork park in Korea, which will house 60 adult storks and 16 younglings, will open to the public on June 9 in Yesan County, Chungcheongnam-do. The stork park has a stork-associated cultural center, wetlands for birds, and nurturing centers on its 135,669㎡ site. The park was originally [...]
SEOUL, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Hotel The Plaza in Seoul will present a gala dinner by Massimo Bottura, chef patron of three-Michelin-starred restaurant Osteria Francescana in Italy. One will have to reserve by phone (02-310-7780) and pay 500,000 won to enjoy a dinner composed of 7 courses at the gala, which starts at 7 [...]
SEOUL, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) – The Jeonbuk Fishery Research Center will stock three reservoirs with 180,000 King crab younglings in a bid to farm adult king crabs, which are popular among Koreans as a favorite side dish. King crab delicacies are often called ‘rice thief,’ as they are so delicious that you can empty [...]
JEJU, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Racing Authority’s ‘Lets Run Farm’ in Jeju is maintaining the island’s legacy as Korea’s leading horse-breeding area, in a tradition that goes back more than 1000 years. Lets Run Farm, which houses a vast field of 1,000㎡ for horseracing, five indoor race facilities, horse swimming pools, nurturing [...]
SEOUL, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Galleries in the Heyri Art Village will hold the annual art marketplace “Art Road 77” until June 14. Starting from 2009, the galleries will hold an art fair and donate the profits to the international children’s relief agency “Save The Children.” The marketplace was named after National Road 77, [...]
SEOUL, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) — From June, Yeongcheon County of North Gyeongsang Province will provide a special program offering horse riding at its Unjusan Horse Riding Recreational Forest at lower cost, targeting public servants, students and workers at occupational institutions in the province. Last year, it offered a course at a horse riding academy [...]
SUWON, May 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Korea’s largest marine leisure & sports expo, the Korea International Boat Show (KIBS) opens from May 28 to 31 at KINTEX in Goyang and the Ara Marina Convention Center in Gimpo, housing a record-high number of 1,310 booths from 243 companies, even though the participation fee for companies increased [...]
MUNGYEONG, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The 2015 Mungyeong Traditional Chasabal (Tea Bowl) Festival ended with more than 230,000 total visitors on May 10th. This chinaware festival, for 10 days, saw an increase in the number of visitors compared to the number last year. The festival committee introduced more intriguing programs this year, such as [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — An albino badger was found in Korea for the first time, followed by the finding of an albino black-tailed gull, according to the Korean National Park’s statement on May 10. Albino animals have been an auspicious sign from the past in Korea. The white badger was caught on one [...]
SEOUL, May 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics said Sunday that its proposal for an ultra-high definition (UHD) television broadcasting technology has been chosen as the candidate for the next standard for the U.S. TV industry. The proposal, submitted jointly with U.S.-based broadcast infrastructure provider ONE Media, has been adopted by the [...]