JEJU, April 10 (Korea Bizwire) — On March 10th, the Nexon Computer Museum announced its upcoming large-scale artwork exhibition, “Hello, REAL World!” The exhibition is set to celebrate the museum’s 10th anniversary and the 20th anniversary of the popular online game, MapleStory. The exhibition features five beloved MapleStory characters – Pink Bean, Yeti, Slime, Stone [...]
SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The U.S. city of Irvine, California has designated September 4 as Taekwondo Day, local Korean media said. Korean-American Irvine Vice-Mayor Tammy Kim delivered a frame carrying the Taekwondo Day resolution to Grandmaster Lee Dong-seop, head of Kukkiwon, at Irvine City Hall on Tuesday (local time). The city will hold [...]
SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The Jinhae Gunhangje (Jinhae Naval Port Festival), South Korea’s flagship cherry blossom festival, has become increasingly popular among foreign tourists, with tens of thousands of visitors from Taiwan and Southeast Asia attending the festival. In addition to Jinhae, Taiwanese tourists have also been flocking to nearby Gimhae, leading to [...]
SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The ever-increasing popularity of Korean dramas has turned the coast city of Gangneung, Gangwon Province into a tourist hotspot. The Jumunjin district in Gangneung, the filming location of the 2016 drama “Guardian: The Lonely and Great God,” also known as “Goblin,” has once again gained popularity as the backdrop [...]
SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The price of “jajangmyeon,” a Chinese-Korean fusion dish of noodles in black bean sauce, is now 60 times higher than 50 years ago, data showed Wednesday. The average price of a single bowl of jajangmyeon this year was 6,361 won (US$4.82). The price of jajangmyeon was no more than [...]
JEJU, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Narrow-mouth frogs and other amphibians native to the Geum Oreum volcanic cone on Jeju Island, famous for the wetlands inside its crater, are struggling for survival. As stone-stacking is gaining popularity among tourists, visitors to the region are moving stones away from the crater, depriving the amphibians of shade. [...]
SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Wednesday it had created green spaces at two youth centers aimed at enabling teenagers who are excessively exposed to digital media to find mental stability by experiencing nature. The Play Ground, established at the Boramae Youth Center, consists of a series of gardens. The [...]
SEOUL, April 5 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. on Tuesday announced the launch of a new global afforestation initiative. LG’s Indonesian branch partnered with Jakarta’s Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) last year to plant trees in Jakarta and two other cities. As of late last month, the tech firm’s had planted some 19,000 trees. [...]
DAEGU, April 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The Daegu Metropolitan Government said Tuesday it will designate 20 florist shops in the city as medical clinics for pet plants, offering assistance to those struggling with growing their plants. Anyone will be able to bring their plant to the nearest plant clinic to receive various medical services like [...]
CHANGWON, April 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Changwon in South Gyeongsang Province said Tuesday it will be adding 40 more hydrogen-powered inter-city and commuting buses to its fleet after being selected for the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy’s pilot project to subsidize the replacement cost of fuel cell systems. The government plans [...]