SEOUL, Aug. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — A short circuit or other electrical causes are believed to have sparked a fire at a hotel in Bucheon, west of Seoul, a fire official said Friday, after the tragedy left seven dead and a dozen others injured. Cho Seon-ho, chief of the Gyeonggi-do Fire Services, made the remark [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — This year’s Bucheon International Animation Festival (BIAF) will kick off next month for a five-day run, the event’s organizers said Saturday. It will be held offline from Oct. 23-27 at the Korea Manhwa Museum and multiplex chain CGV’s theaters in Bucheon, west of Seoul, despite the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic. [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Uplus Corp., South Korea’s No. 3 carrier, and local governments will be the first in the country to launch a ‘parking robot’ business. LG Uplus signed a business agreement with the city of Bucheon, Gyeonggi Province and other related companies to develop and commercialize the parking robot. Bucheon’s [...]
BUCHEON, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The Bucheon B-boy International Championship (BBIC), the only local B-boy competition on a global scale, will be taking place at Bucheon Maru Plaza between September 14 and 16. In its third year, BBIC is an event supervised by Jinjo Crew, a Korean dance group that swept the titles of [...]
BUCHEON, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Manhwa Contents Agency is set to hold an exhibition of cartoons in Los Angeles as part of promotional activities for the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics. Combining the Winter Olympic Games and South Korean cartoons, the exhibition will be held around a month before the Olympics kick off, with [...]
BUCHEON, South Korea, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean city of Bucheon said Wednesday that it has become a UNESCO City of Literature, Asia’s first and 21st in the world. The City of Literature program is part of the global culture body’s Creative Cities Network aimed at fostering cultural diversity. Launched in 2004, [...]
BUCHEON, July 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The 20th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN) kicked off on Thursday, with some of Korea’s top actors and actresses making appearances. Inaugurated in 1997, BIFAN focuses mainly on fantasy, horror, thriller and mystery films from South Korea and overseas. This year’s festival was themed ‘Love, Fantasy, and Adventure’, [...]
SEOUL, April 23 (Korea Bizwire) – The City of Bucheon in Gyeonggi province will begin a “Safe-return-home” taxi service from May by sharing taxi information with a passenger’s family members. Using an NFC tag installed in every taxi in the city adjacent to western Seoul, passengers can tag their phone and have the service send information including [...]