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State-run Cultural Facilities in Seoul to Reopen This Week as COVID-19 Cases Stabilize

State-run Cultural Facilities in Seoul to Reopen This Week as COVID-19 Cases Stabilize

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 [...]

State Cultural Facilities to Reopen Under Strict Distancing Measures

State Cultural Facilities to Reopen Under Strict Distancing Measures

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 [...]

Museums, Art Centers Around Capital Close Again Due to Spike in Virus Cases

Museums, Art Centers Around Capital Close Again Due to Spike in Virus Cases

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 [...]

Industrial Complexes to be Transformed into Youth-friendly Areas

Industrial Complexes to be Transformed into Youth-friendly Areas

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 [...]

CJ Companies to Build ‘Hallyu-themed’ Cultural Facilities Near Seoul

CJ Companies to Build ‘Hallyu-themed’ Cultural Facilities Near Seoul

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 [...]