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 [...]
CHEONGJU, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Geopolitical tensions are having a real effect on the Korean economy as North Chungcheong Province announced on August 15 that the low-cost carrier Eastar Jet had abandoned its plans to resume flight operations from Chungcheong International Airport to five Chinese cities. Since the cooling of relations between China and [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — President Moon Jae-in said Thursday that he has declared three areas recently hit by torrential rain disaster areas, enabling special government support for the regions. “I approved the request to declare the three areas special disaster areas. I hope this will help those regions in their recovery. I wish [...]
CHEONGJU, Jun. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — A task force of the state-run Korea Tourism Organization’s branch in Cheongju, central South Korea, said Thursday it plans to complete a project aimed at turning a plaza that is known for its flagpole from Korea’s medieval dynasty into one of the top tourist spots by creating a dazzling [...]
CHEONGJU, Jun. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — An ancient bridge, which has been covered for about a century, will be reborn in an art installation under a project to revive a traditional market, a Korea Tourism Organization task force in charge of the project, dubbed “Namseok Bridge Remind,” said Wednesday. According to most convincing academic arguments, [...]
SEOUL, May 22 (Korea Bizwire) – A thaw in deadlocked relations between South Korea and China over the deployment of an advanced U.S. ballistic missile defense system is showing signs of resuscitating vitality in exchanges in the public and private sectors between the two countries. Strained bilateral relations look somewhat mitigated of late as newly elected South Korean President Moon Jae-in is actively trying [...]
CHEONGJU, South Korea, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – The Jikji Korea Festival kicked off Thursday in Cheongju, some 130 kilometers south of Seoul, highlighting yet again the creative value of Jikji. Jikji, which means “to point to the right direction”, was printed at Cheongju’s Heungdeok Temple in 1377 during Korea’s Goryeo Dynasty, predating by 78 years [...]
CHEONGJU, South Korea, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – An international martial arts competition will kick off in central South Korea early next month, bringing together some 2,000 fighters and officials from across the world, organizers said Wednesday. The inaugural World Martial Arts Masterships (http://www.2016martial-arts.kr) will be staged from Sept. 2-8 in the city of Cheongju, [...]
CHEONGJU, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) – The city of Cheongju is hosting a forum in June where chopstick experts from Korea, China, and Japan will gather. The city hosted the world’s first Chopsticks Festival last year and it plans to present its second this coming November. The representatives of the three countries will discuss cooperative issues [...]
CHEONGJU, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) – In an era of rapidly advancing technology, a book can feel like a relic of the past. In an effort to contradict this modern-day perception, the Korea National University of Education organized a special book-reading event. During this overnight proceeding, students spent 12 hours in tents installed inside the [...]