SEOUL, April 17 (Korea Bizwire) – On April 15th (local time), BLACKPINK made K-pop history as the first Korean girl group to perform as a headliner at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, the largest music festival in Indio, California, U.S., according to their agency YG Entertainment. The photo depicts BLACKPINK’s electrifying performance at [...]
CHANGNYEONG, April 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Changnyeong-gun in Gyeongsangnam-do is expanding the Upo Wetland Protection Area to efficiently preserve and prevent damage to Upo Wetland, which has a well-preserved ecosystem. The Ministry of Environment designated 8.56 million square meters of Upo Wetland as a wetland protection area in August 1999, and now plans to expand [...]
SEOUL, April 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A Korean Village will be established to provide temporary shelter for survivors of the earthquake in Turkey. The Korean Association in Turkey said that the village will be built in Iskenderun, Hatay Province, on a plot of 27,700 square meters of land. The village will be composed of 360 containers. [...]
SEOUL, April 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean food industry is following the eco-friendly trend by introducing a variety of products made from recycled food byproducts. CJ Cheiljedang Corp. has introduced a snack made with cracked rice and pureed soybean. Since its release in April last year, it was only available at pop-up stores [...]
YONGIN, April 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Everland’s ecological safari “Lost Valley” is celebrating its 10th anniversary on April 20th, having welcomed 18 million visitors over the past decade. The safari, which allows visitors to closely observe 200 herbivores of 24 species, has become an essential part of Everland’s offering, with 30% of all visitors over [...]
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 [...]