SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) — A 2.5-meter-tall tree made from 5,000 PET bottles and waste wood, adorned with messages from Seoul children dreaming of a clean environment, was installed at Seoul Plaza on March 22. The sculpture was made by artist Kim Woo-jin as part of Seoul’s promotional events for the ICLEI World Congress 2015, which [...]
SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Wine tasting buffets offered by hotels are gaining popularity in Korea. The Grand Intercontinental Seoul Parnas’s lounge and bar are holding a ‘Grand Happy Hour’, where visitors can taste a variety of wine with a buffet, weekdays from 6:30pm to 9:00pm, for 60,000 won. The hotel offers unlimited wine. [...]
SEOUL, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) — A farewell party for the 2,500 university students from 117 countries who participated in WorldMUN 2015 was held on March 20 at Sevit Island, a man-made island complex on the Han River. The students exchanged cultural legacies from their countries and continued with model UN conferences at the Sevit [...]
SEOUL, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) — A multitude of ‘clean water-appreciating’ events took place around Korea in celebration of the upcoming UN-designated World Water Day on March 22. The city of Ulsan prepared an event in which clay EM (Effective Microorganism) balls, designed to purify water, were thrown into the city’s river on March 20. [...]
SEOUL, March 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Some 150 foreigners will hold an ultimate Frisbee competition titled “Pohang Frozen Fives 2015” on March 21 and 22 to commemorate the opening of the Seoul-Pohang KTX route at a sports complex in Pohang. Although the game is unfamiliar to most Koreans, it is rapidly gaining popularity among young [...]
SEOUL, March 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Nike is to hold an exhibition, House of Air Max, at art gallery ‘Fifty Fifty’ in Garosu-gil from March 21 to 26. The exhibition will feature 120 pairs of rare vintage Air Max shoes, the reconstructed atelier of Nike’s legendary shoe designer Tinker Hatfield, and art pieces designed to show the history [...]
SEOUL, March 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A colony of Japanese waxwings on their journey to the north was spotted snacking on pyracantha fruits near Gyeongpo Lake in Gangneung, on March 19. The twenty to thirty Japanese waxwings were too tired and hungry to be scared of crowds at the lake, even feasting upon pyracantha fruits offered [...]
SEOUL, March 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of National Defense appointed the much loved K-pop girl group 4Minute, especially popular among Korean soldiers, as ambassadors for its Korea Armed Forces 29 Seconds Film Festival. The ministry is holding the ultra-short film festival in order to improve military camp culture and enhance communications between the soldiers, ranking [...]
SEOUL, March 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Kia Motors unveiled the renderings of its revamped K5 midsize sedan ahead of its official unveiling next month at the Seoul Motor Show. The second-generation K5 comes five years after the brand was first introduced to the auto market. The new design incorporates a wider look from its front radiator [...]
SEOUL, March 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The world’s oldest movable metal print type, Jikji Simche Yojeol (Anthology of Great Buddhist Priests’ Zen Teachings), will soon be completely restored, as workers are now wrapping-up the five-year-long restoration project. Officials from the city of Cheongju said on March 18 that the Cheongju Metal Print Type Center has completed [...]