BUSAN, June 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Blood reserves have sharply declined across the country due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, which is a cause for concern among local medical institutions. Against this backdrop, the Dongnae District Office in the southeastern port city of Busan initiated Blood Donation Day to encourage local residents to donate blood. [...]
BUSAN, June 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The Busan Metropolitan City Office of Education said Tuesday it has completed a pilot project to transform a school cafeteria, previously dedicated solely to meals, into a versatile cultural space. Due to a decrease in the student population, there has been a rise in vacant spaces within schools. In [...]
BUSAN, June 5 (Korea Bizwire) — In the film “A Time to Kill (1996),” a black father takes the law into his own hands when he shoots and kills two white men in a courtroom. He commits this act of vigilante justice as a response to the rape of his young daughter by two white [...]
BUSAN, May 29 (Korea Bizwire) — A new project is underway to renovate the U.N. Memorial Cemetery in the southeastern port city of Busan, with the aim of revitalizing the atmosphere of reverence and improving the organization of the area. The city government on Sunday announced its plan to convert approximately 176,000 square meters of [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) — An annual K-pop concert co-hosted by an entertainment industry group and the Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) will be held Saturday, featuring popular idol groups, such as BTOB, ITZY and Nmixx. Launched in 1995 by the Korea Entertainment Producer’s Association, the Dream Concert has grown to be one of the [...]
BUSAN, April 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Busan, South Korea’s second-largest city, is set to make the nation’s first attempt to measure the density of pollutants in the atmosphere by installing sensors on city buses. The Busan metropolitan government said Sunday that mobile atmospheric control systems have been installed on 54 city buses, and a pilot [...]
BUSAN, April 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The city government of Busan said Thursday it would provide free pet insurance to people who adopt abandoned dogs. The policy will offer one year of coverage to those who adopt a dog from a local animal protection or adoption center. The insurance will cover 60 percent of the [...]
BUSAN, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Farmer Kim Kyung-yang is harvesting rice for the first time this season in the Busan area on Friday morning, at his rice field located in Jukdong-dong, Gangseo-gu, Busan. The first variety to be planted in his field is Hae Dam rice, an early season type that will have a [...]
SEOUL, April 12 (Korea Bizwire) — A major contemporary art fair will open in the southeastern port city of Busan next month to showcase a variety of art pieces by both established and emerging artists from around the world, its organizer said Wednesday. The 12th Art Busan fair is scheduled to run from May 5-7 [...]
BUSAN, April 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) delegation visiting South Korea to assess Busan’s bid for the 2030 World Expo toured Busan North Port, the proposed main expo venue, on Wednesday, the second day of its on-site inspection of the southeastern port city. The eight-member team led by Patrick Specht, [...]