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12th Cheongju Craft Biennale to Kick Off 53-day Run Next Year

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 [...]

Cheongju’s Culture Factory C Draws Attention on Urban Regeneration Project

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 [...]