BORYEONG, Jul. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The annual Boryeong Mud Festival, one of South Korea’s most celebrated summer events, attracted more than 1.8 million visitors despite unfavorable weather during its 10-day run from July 19-28, local officials said Monday. The municipality of Boryeong, a South Chungcheong Province city 190 kilometers south of Seoul, said a [...]
BORYEONG, Jun. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The Boryeong Coal Museum located in Boryeong, South Chungcheong Province will reopen on June 14 after 11 months of renovations to improve facilities. The museum opened in 1995 as the first coal museum in South Korea and attracted more than 200,000 visitors annually. However, the facility improvement project has [...]
BORYEONG, Jan. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – A herd of wild black goats are back where they belong thanks to a coast guard vessel that intercepted a fishing boat carrying the poached animals from their island home to market on the mainland. On January 22, the coast guard office of Boryeong, South Chungcheong Province, stated that [...]
BORYEONG, South Korea, July 25 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s coastal city of Boryeong has signed a contract to export its famous mud to Rotorua in New Zealand’s North Island, a city official said Monday. Boryeong Mayor Kim Dong-il and Rotorua Mayor Steve Chadwick signed the contract on Saturday, under which the South Korean city will export 5 tons of mud powder worth [...]
BORYEONG, July 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Boryeong Mud Festival, one of the most popular festivals for foreign expats and tourists in Korea, is inviting even more adventurers around the world. This year marks the 19th year since the festival first began. According to Boryeong Mud Festival Festival Organizing Committee, approximately 220,000 visitors have already visited Boryeong [...]
Seoul, July 22 (Korea Bizwire) - ‘A’, a woman in her 30s, heard some disturbing news from her friends in May 2013. ‘A’ had been going to the annual Boryeong Mud Festival for the previous three years, and her friends told her that her picture was on a poster promoting the festival that featured prominently on [...]