CHEONGJU, July 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The Cheongju Craft Biennale hosted by this central city every other year since 1999 will take place in September next year, its organizer said Saturday. Under the theme “Tools of Conviviality,” the 12th edition of the festival will be held at the Culture and Art Factory, Osong Station and [...]
SEOUL, May 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s next-generation synchrotron radiation accelerator to be built in the central city of Cheongju will help the country bask in scientific and industrial advances, as well as create huge economic benefits, the science ministry said Friday. The city, 137 kilometers south of Seoul, has been tapped to host [...]
CHEONGJU, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean museum plans to open a website this year featuring versions of “Jikji,” the world’s oldest existing metal-printed book, in multiple languages, officials in the central city of Cheongju said Monday. The book, written by Ven. Baegun about the Zen teachings of great Buddhist priests, was printed [...]
CHEONGJU, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — With the 11th Cheongju Craft Biennale under way, its main venue, the Culture Factory C, a tobacco factory-turned-cultural facility, has been under the spotlight as a successful model of urban revitalization. The international craft festival began in the central inland city of Cheongju at Culture Factory C and several [...]
CHEONGJU, Apr. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province and the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA) are focusing their efforts to tackle a flock of pigeons damaging the old cigarette manufacturing facility. The MMCA’s new exhibition hall at Cheongju, a former cigarette factory, has been ‘decorated’ with kites [...]
CHEONGJU, Feb. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — An eagle owl that has been poaching chickens has been ‘apprehended’ by the police. On February 15 at 10:40 a.m., a 70-centimeter tall eagle owl flew into a poultry farm in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province to feed on chickens. It wasn’t the owl’s first ‘offense’. According to the owner [...]
CHEONGJU, Oct. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — An elaborate ceremony that began with the boom of a bell has kicked off celebrations for the return of Jikji Korea, an annual festival on the world’s oldest extant book printed with movable metal type, to the central South Korean city of Cheongju. The curtain was raised on the [...]
CHEONGJU, Oct. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — In Cheongju, a dog park that will allow canine pets, alongside their owners, to roam freely without being bound by leashes or muzzles is expected to open its doors to the public in the second half of next year. The city government of Cheongju revealed yesterday that it plans [...]
CHEONGJU, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – The city of Cheongju is trialing smart commuter buses for nursery schools that keep parents informed of the location of their children and make sure that no passengers are left behind. The project was launched by the Cheongju city government after being commissioned by the Ministry of Science and ICT’s [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Tuesday it has been selected by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to establish an institute for its documentary heritage register. The International Center for Documentary Heritage (ICDH) will be built in Cheongju, 137 kilometers south of Seoul. The proposal was approved unilaterally [...]