INCHEON, May 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The Goryeosan Mountain Azalea Festival, the last azalea festival of the year in Korea, has wrapped up successfully. More than 400,000 people visited the festival in Ganghwa County, which is a 10 percent increase from last year. The festival held many interesting events, such as an azalea photograph exhibition, [...]
WANDO, May 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Wando County designated May 8, Parents’ Day, as Sea Mustard Eating Day, and will hold a ceremony celebrating the designation on May 8. The county came up with the idea to celebrate Parents’ Day, in a nod to past traditions where mothers ate sea mustard soup right after giving [...]
SEOUL, May 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics’ Suwon Samsung Digital City R&D complex was transformed into a theme park on May 5 to celebrate Children’s Day. Various events, such as water slides, cart racing, b-boy performances, sand animation and illusionist shows were held at the complex for 63,000 Samsung employees and local families. Samsung [...]
TAEAN, May 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Salt farms in Chungcheongnam-do’s Taean-gun are starting to collect pine flower powder salt, which can be only produced during a short window of about one week at this time of year, when pine trees start to release their pollen into the air. Rich with calcium and vitamins B1, B2 [...]
SEOUL, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) – A male pygmy hippopotamus that has been living alone at Seoul Grand Park will have a chance to extend the life of his species, as Seoul Grand Park will import a female pygmy hippopotamus from Britain’s Colchester Zoo in September. The park brought the male from Japan in 1984, along with a [...]
SEOUL, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics presents its main EV components at the 28th International Electric Vehicle Symposium & Exhibition (EVS28) from May 3 to 6. The company exhibits its e-PT (electric PowerTrain), drive units and compressors, including its B-ISG, a 48V Belt-Integrated Starter and Generator that is a leap forward from the company’s [...]
SEOUL, May 1 (Korea Bizwire) — A bronze memorial which celebrates U.S Marines’ victory at Iwo Jima in February 1945 will be restored with funding from philanthropist David Rubenstein. He will donate US$ 5.37 million to restore the memorial, which has seen better days. The bronze memorial was installed on November 10, 1954. Rubenstein reportedly [...]
SEOUL, May 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Girl group 4Minute has set a new record by topping a Chinese music chart for ten weeks in a row, with their title song ‘Crazy.’ According to a statement from 4Minute’s agency Cube Entertainment on April 30, ‘Crazy’ topped QQ Music’s Korean Music Chart. 4Minute performed at the QQ Music Awards [...]
SEOUL, May 1 (Korea Bizwire) — A special event where anyone can experience driving an electric car will be held at the second exhibition room at KINTEX in Goyang from May 3 to 6, as part of the 28th International Electric Vehicle Symposium & Exhibition (EVS28) programs. Visitors to EVS28 can drive electric cars from Kia, [...]
SEOUL, May 1 (Korea Bizwire) — An Animal Film Festival in Suncheon featuring more than 50 animal-themed movies from 24 countries will open on May 22. A sequel to ‘Find Tasty’ called ‘Happy Together’, which features dinosaur characters, will open the festival, while movies about animal and human relationships, bad and good, will also be [...]