SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul Auction will commemorate the 20th anniversary of the death of Nam June Paik, the pioneering “father of video art,” with a special exhibition opening Friday at its Gangnam Center in southern Seoul. Titled “Great Insight: Nam June Paik and the Artists of His Time,” the show brings together [...]
GANGNEUNG, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — An endangered aquatic plant has flourished against the odds this summer, producing the largest bloom on record in the wetlands of Gangneung, despite one of the harshest heat waves and droughts in years. The prickly water lily, or Gasiyeon — designated a Level-2 endangered species by South Korea’s Environment [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Museum of Korea is poised to set a new attendance record this year, with officials projecting more than 5 million visitors for the first time in its 80-year history. As of August 25, the museum had welcomed nearly 4.19 million people, already surpassing the total for all [...]
SEOUL & OTHER LOCATIONS, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – On August 24, as heat wave warnings blanketed nearly the entire country except Mount Halla in Jeju, South Koreans streamed to beaches, rivers and amusement parks in a final summer rush, seeking relief from sweltering temperatures that have also exposed the nation’s deepening water shortages. In Busan, [...]
GANGNEUNG, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — With its main water reservoir at a record low and emergency rationing already in place, the eastern coastal city of Gangneung will turn to an ancient tradition in hopes of relief. The Gangneung Danoje Preservation Committee announced Thursday it will hold a giuje, or rain ritual, on August 23 [...]
COLOGNE, Germany, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The world’s largest gaming convention opened with a barrage of new titles and trailers on Monday night, as publishers from the United States, Europe, China and South Korea used Gamescom’s Opening Night Live showcase to capture the global spotlight. Crowds packed into the Koelnmesse exhibition center, underscoring the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea conducted a nationwide civil defense drill on Wednesday, simulating an air raid to test public readiness and improve emergency response measures. The 20-minute exercise, organized by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, began at 2 p.m. with air raid sirens, followed by a staged alert and [...]
NAJU, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Long celebrated in Korean culture, the lotus flower has carried layered meanings across history, from scholarly admiration to religious reverence and folk traditions. Confucian scholars cherished the lotus for its purity, blooming untainted from murky ponds. In Buddhism, it symbolizes spiritual clarity — a flower rising above worldly defilements, [...]
YEOJU, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — As South Korea commemorates “Rice Day” on August 18, a day symbolically chosen to honor the labor of farmers—based on the breakdown of the Chinese character for rice (米) into 8 (八), 10 (十), and 8 (八)—the nation finds itself grappling with a deepening crisis in rice consumption, agricultural [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Songpa District in southeastern Seoul will reopen its popular summer pet-friendly attraction, the “Haha Hoho Dog Water Playground,” offering a unique escape from the heat for dogs and their owners. The one-day event will take place on Sunday, August 17, at the central plaza of Garden Five Life, a major [...]