SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — According to the Seoul Metropolitan Government, bikers will be able to lap Gyeongbokgung Palace in under 30 minutes starting in mid-September. After opening the once prohibited road that runs in front of the Blue House to civilians in June, Seoul is taking a step further by announcing plans to [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — President Moon Jae In’s approval rating rose for a second consecutive week last week, apparently on a series of welfare programs that seek to provide additional support to low-income earners, a poll showed Monday. In a survey conducted on 2,529 voters throughout the nation, 73.9 percent said they approved [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — As the approval ratings for President Moon continue to climb and climb, a byproduct of his popularity has been a surge in consumer preference for “Moon Brand” products. From the checkered shirt he wore while speaking on the phone with President Trump to the orange striped necktie spotted with [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — On August 27, a four-year saga that had pitted local residents and a growing number of government officials against South Korea’s horse racing establishment drew to a close, as the mayor of Seoul, the president of the Korea Racing Authority (KRA) and various politicians and luminaries shook hands to [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Stray dog Tory, once destined for the dinner table, now sits at the President’s table in the Blue House as an official member of the First Family. President Moon’s adoption of Tory has been seen by some as a strong message against the dog meat industry in Korea. On [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Though former President Park Geun-hye has now been gone from the Blue House for four months, officials at the presidential residence are still deliberating on what to do with what she left behind. When courts ruled to uphold the National Assembly’s decision to impeach President Park on March 10, she [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s special investigators appeared at the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae on Friday to execute a search warrant where President Park Geun-hye was named a bribery suspect in an influence-peddling scandal rocking the country. The investigation team looking into the alleged wrongdoings visited Cheong Wa Dae to secure [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Pyongyang’s state media, Korean Central Television, reported Sunday that leader Kim Jong-un observed a military drill simulating an attack on a mock-up of Cheong Wa Dae, the South Korean presidential residence also known as the Blue House. Kim viewed the combat drill conducted by the North Korean army’s special [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – Recent military data has shown that with the increasing popularity of drones, their presence in the no-fly zone (P73A) covering Cheong Wa Dae is now threatening the security of one of Korea’s most important government facilities. Cheong Wa Dae (the Blue House), the equivalent of the White House in the [...]