SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — A rare video of a wild fox preying on a young water deer has underscored the ecological balance returning to South Korea’s national parks. The National Park Service released footage Thursday showing the hunt, filmed on June 16 in Sobaeksan National Park. The video also captured a mother deer [...]
GYEONGJU, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is preparing to relocate the Sacred Bell of King Seongdeok, one of the nation’s most treasured cultural artifacts, from its outdoor pavilion in Gyeongju to a purpose-built indoor exhibition hall, as concerns mount over the impact of extreme climate conditions on preservation. Yoon Sang-deok, director of the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The 8th Seoul Africa Festival turned into a vivid celebration of style, rhythm and cultural exchange on Saturday night, as more than 2,000 spectators packed into Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP) for a premium fashion show featuring designers from across Africa and Korea. The evening opened with pounding West African [...]
Seoul Museum Pairs K-Pop Anime With Centuries-Old Tiger-and-Magpie Motifs SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — As Netflix’s animated feature K-Pop Demon Hunters continues to draw global attention, a Seoul museum is spotlighting the traditional roots behind some of its most popular characters. The Leeum Museum of Art in Hannam-dong is hosting a special exhibition titled [...]
YEONGCHEON, South Korea, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — In the early hours of Monday morning, more than 70 stargazers huddled on a damp lawn outside Bohyeonsan Astronomical Science Museum to witness a spectacle unseen in three years: a total lunar eclipse. Clouds hung over the southeastern city of Yeongcheon after a day of rain, but [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s night sky lit up Sunday as 1,200 drones formed characters and landmarks from the hit animated film K-Pop Demon Hunters in the first of a new season of Hangang River light shows. The event, staged at Ttukseom Hangang Park, drew large crowds and is part of the city’s broader [...]
YEONCHEON, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — As autumn settles in, Yeoncheon County in Gyeonggi Province has opened the Imjin River Kochia Garden, transforming a once-overrun floodplain into a seasonal attraction now filled with color. The garden will remain open to visitors free of charge until Oct. 31. The site, spanning 82,600 square meters, was originally [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics is turning Seoul’s busiest landmarks into canvases for oversized digital art installations to showcase its latest foldable smartphones, the Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Z Flip 7, blending Korean tradition with cutting-edge technology. The company said Wednesday it has begun displaying panoramic digital out-of-home (DOOH) advertising at [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s largest art market events, Frieze Seoul and Kiaf Seoul, opened Wednesday at the Coex convention center, drawing collectors, artists and cultural leaders from around the world and signaling the city’s rising prominence in the international art trade. The joint fairs began with a VIP preview attended by Kim Hye-kyung, [...]
GANGNEUNG, South Korea, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Under searing 35-degree heat, fire crews from across the country converged on Gangneung on Sunday, hauling thousands of tons of water in an urgent effort to relieve one of the worst droughts to hit the region in decades. At the Hongje Water Purification Plant, which supplies drinking [...]