CHEONGJU, South Korea, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — A chopstick-themed cultural festival, the first of its kind around the globe, will kick off in this provincial city in November, organizers said Monday, as part of a project to enhance cultural exchanges among three nations in the Northeast Asian region. Under a joint cultural project, South [...]
CHEONGJU, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) – A public servant in Cheongju has donated the money he saved from quitting smoking 10 years ago. He has been saving 3,000 won every day as his “cigarette price” for the past 10 years. Byeon Chang-soo, 56, who works at the city-run Cheongju Land, made a donation of 5 million [...]
CHEONGJU, July 16 (Korea Bizwire) – One thousand Cheongju citizens participated in an unusual performance featuring white and pink umbrellas to wish for the success of the forthcoming Cheongju International Craft Biennale. With the theme of “First Blossom”, the organizing committee of the biennale filmed a video showing a flower blooming with the umbrellas in pixel [...]
CHEONGJU, Korea, June 25 (Korea Bizwire) – An impressive text message from a building owner to his tenants became the talk of town in Korea. The good-hearted landlord cut monthly rents by half after tenants suffered from financial difficulties due to the widespread Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS). On June 21, Lee In-soo (50), who runs [...]
SEOUL, June 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Cheongju has installed 50 pinwheels with Korean flags printed on them at the city hall’s garden to prepare for the celebration of Korea’s 70 years of independence from Japanese Occupation on August 15 this year. According to a city statement on June 18, the city government will [...]
CHEONGJU, Korea, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) – A huge flock of white herons inhabiting a hill behind a middle school in Cheongju is annoying the school’s students and teachers. According to Cheongju Nam Middle School, hundreds of white herons are living on the hill behind its annex hall. Photographers and passers-by marvel at the group dance of [...]
CHEONGJU, May 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Cheongju has seen its local corporate income taxes double due to SK Hynix‘s record sales last year. According to a May 6 statement from city officials, a record-high 88.8 billion won (US$ 82.1 million) in local corporate income taxes was collected, far beyond the city’s estimate of [...]
SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) — A site that was once planned to be used for the Osong Biovalley landfill in Cheongju has turned into a wetland that is rich in biodiversity, after seven years of sitting unattended. The Cheongwon County Office bought the site in December 2007 to establish a landfill, but has since left [...]
CHEONGJU, South Korea, Jan. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — A 37-year-old driver has been arrested on charges of hitting and killing a young man on his way to deliver a custard-filled bread to his pregnant wife, police said Friday. In a dramatic conclusion to a manhunt that has kept South Koreans on their toes for weeks, [...]