BERLIN, April 16 (Korea Bizwire) —A charity concert was held in Berlin by the Seoul Nanum Clarinet Ensemble and organized by Haero, a non-profit Korean social welfare organization. Over 700 Koreans living in Germany, including families of miners and nurses, attended the event. The concert was held to repay the kindness of the first generation [...]
SEOUL, April 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Due to rerouting caused by the war in Ukraine, flight times to most European cities have increased by up to two hours, with Paris and London taking about 14 hours and 30 minutes. Even flights to relatively close cities like Frankfurt and Budapest now take 13 hours and 12 [...]
JINJU, April 15 (Korea Bizwire) —The ‘Cheonwon (1000 won) Breakfast’ program, which provides affordable and nutritious breakfasts to college students, is struggling to gain participation from universities in South Gyeongsang Province. Only one out of 23 universities in the province is currently participating in the program due to budgetary issues and uncertainty about demand. Other [...]
CHEONGDO, April 15 (Korea Bizwire) – The Cheongdo Bullfighting Festival is making a comeback after a four-year break. The festival is set to take place at the Cheongdo Bullfighting Stadium in Hwayang-eup and will last for three days from the 14th to the 16th of this month. The event will kick off with traditional folk [...]
BUSAN, April 15 (Korea Bizwire) – The 27th Gijang Anchovy Festival will be held at Daebyeon Port in Gijang-eup, Gijang-gun from the 21st to the 23rd of April. The festival is the nation’s first seafood food festival that began in 1997 and will consist of various programs to celebrate the vitality of anchovies in spring [...]
SEOUL, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A ceremony was held on Thursday to celebrate the start of the Wirye tram line construction. Once the construction is complete, trams will return to Seoul for the first time in 57 years. The Wirye Line, scheduled for completion in 2025, will run 5.8 kilometers from Seoul Metro’s Macheon [...]
IMSIL, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) —The 38th Euigyeon Cultural Festival and Imsil NPetStar, a cultural festival for pets and their owners, are scheduled to take place from May 5 to May 7. This festival has been held in Osu Euigyeon Park, Imsil-gun, Jeollabuk-do since 1982 to honor the Osu dog’s spirit, who saved his owner [...]
CHUNCHEON, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Police officers rescued a black puppy tied to a fence during a wildfire in Gyeongpo-dong, South Korea. The officers brought the puppy to the Gyeongpo Security Center and tried to find the owner through various channels but failed to do so. The puppy, estimated to be two to three [...]
SEOUL, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The amount of pesticides sprayed by golf courses in South Korea to manage their greens and fairways has been on an upward trend. According to a survey conducted by the Ministry of Environment, the nation’s 545 golf courses used 213 tons of pesticides in 2021, up 5.4 percent from [...]
SEOUL, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul Land theme park has announced its “Mardi Gras Together!” carnival parade, which will run until June 6. The photo shows performers at Seoul Land in Gwacheon donning exotic masks featuring motifs such as carnival and lion masks. Mardi Gras, a French term which translates to “Fat Tuesday” in English, [...]