SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — A group of major state-run cultural facilities in Seoul will reopen later this week, the culture ministry said Monday, amid signs of the third wave of the coronavirus slowing down. The ministry said 17 national cultural facilities in Seoul, including museums, art museums and theaters, will accept visitors starting [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Months after having been shut down due to a recent spike in COVID-19 cases, major state-run cultural facilities reopened to the public on Monday under strict distancing and sanitary measures. But their resumption seems quieter than expected as the country remains vigilant against the risk of a relapse in [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Government-run cultural facilities throughout the country will reopen next week after having been shut down for over a month following a new wave of COVID-19 infections across the country, officials said Friday. The culture ministry said 23 museums and libraries, including the National Museum of Korea, the National Museum [...]
SEOUL, May 29 (Korea Bizwire) — State-run museums, galleries and theaters in Seoul and its surrounding areas will suspend operations for two weeks due to a recent resurgence in new coronavirus cases linked to a logistics center in the metropolitan region, the government said Friday. According to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, nine [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul city on Thursday announced plans to open a new library and concert hall in areas of the capital that were previously considered underdeveloped and lacked cultural facilities. Under the plan, the city will pump in 387.8 billion won (US$325.6 million) to build a library in Dongdaemun ward in [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Various supporting facilities, including outdoor theaters, leisure facilities and pubs, will be built in old industrial complexes, which have been shunned by young people due to a lack of convenience facilities in old factory-oriented environments. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said Tuesday that the revised bill regarding [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — CJ Group companies are planning to build two massive cultural facilities themed after “hallyu,” or the Korean Wave of popular culture, just northwest of Seoul, company officials said Wednesday. CJ ENM, an entertainment and mass media giant owned by CJ Group, has agreed to build the cultural facilities covering [...]