SEOUL, Mar. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Red Bull held a paper plane flying competition at Konkuk University in Seoul on March 2, to select a Korean national team to participate at the Red Bull Paper Wings World Final 2015 in Austria. The competitors launched their own constructed paper planes for three tests: Longest Distance, Longest Airtime and [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul re-opened two city-run pet playgrounds, at Sangam World Cup Park and Seoul Children’s Grand Park, on March 1. After three months of seasonal closure, the two playgrounds are finally open for pets and their owners eager to spend some time outdoors in the early spring. Entrance to the playgrounds [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Animal-masked individuals cloaked in yellow sacks occupied streets near Hongdae Station in Seoul on March 1, campaigning for the conscious and moderate consumption of farmed animals. Activists from the Korea Association for Animal Protection (KAAP) dressed themselves in chicken and duck costumes and then covered themselves with sacks, in order [...]
Seoul, Mar. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – A traditional festive ritual, Jisin-bapgi (treading the earth god), took place at Boramae Park in Seoul on March 1. The Jisin-bapgi ritual features masked individuals who sing and dance while praying to jisin, an earth deity who guides households to peace and prosperity. The ritual usually takes place during [...]
Seoul, Mar. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Assembly of the Republic of Korea is holding an exhibition of art pieces created by Paik Nam-June, the founder of video art who passed away in 2006, at the National Assembly main hall from March 2 to May 31. Paik Nam-June was an experimental pioneer of video art [...]
Barcelona, Spain, March 1 (Korea Bizwire) – Models pose with new LG Electronics products at Fira Gran Via in Barcelona, Spain, on March 1, 2015, on the eve of the opening of the 2015 Mobile World Congress. According to market watchers, LG Elecs might reveal the LG G4, along with mid-range Android smartphones called the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Harley-Davidson launched a new 2015 model that is unlike any Harley-Davidson that you’ve thought of. Its new Street™ XG750 is lean and lightweight, built for urban riding on crowded streets and freeways. The new model promises efficient, smooth and discreet riding with a narrow chassis for easy handling on tight turns. [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – A rather unexpected hazing ritual has taken place at a Korean university. Senior students from the Department of Dental Hygiene at Chung Cheong University in the city of Cheongju brushed and flossed clean, very gently, the teeth of freshman students on February 24. This special welcoming ceremony of oral hygiene care [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – A special fashion show featuring hanbok, Korean traditional formal wear, was conducted to pay tribute to this year’s Academy Awards on February 20. The Hanbok Advancement Center held the fashion show at a pre-awards gala entitled “87th Oscar Academy Award and Hollywood Tribute 2015” in Los Angeles. Some 200 [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — As the South Korean government tries to introduce an electronic card purchasing system in the gambling industry to limit per capita betting, and to reduce gambling addiction, local farmers and livestock raisers are protesting against the policy, claiming that the e-card introduction could reduce subsidies for the development of [...]