SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A firefighting helicopter in active duty for the last 40 years will be registered as a cultural heritage. The National Fire Agency announced that two firefighting legacies including Kachi 2, South Korea’s first firefighting helicopter, will be registered as cultural heritages. It is one of the first firefighting rotary [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop band Monsta X will star in an online video series aimed at promoting treasured Korean cultural heritage overseas, according to cultural heritage authorities Wednesday. The YouTube series, titled “Korean Heritage Travelog,” will premiere next Tuesday and will feature the six-member K-pop group alongside Seo Kyoung-duk, a liberal arts [...]
SEOUL, July 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The art of traditional Korean archery has been designated as a national intangible cultural heritage, the Cultural Heritage Administration (CHA) announced Thursday. CHA said it recognized the value of “hwalssogi,” or Korean traditional archery, for its significance in the history of Korean traditional martial arts. The administration cited the [...]
SEOUL, June 18 (Korea Bizwire) — A Starbucks store in Seoul’s downtown Sogong-dong has completed renovations based on the design of Hwangudan, the neighborhood’s most representative cultural heritage site. Hwangudan is a three-story altar built in 1897 when King Gojong of the Joseon Dynasty proclaimed the Korean Empire. Tables for the coffee machines and the [...]
SEOUL, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will conduct comprehensive research on cultural assets and natural heritage inside the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) on the border with North Korea, the cultural heritage authority said Monday. In collaboration with the provincial governments of Gyeoggi Province and Gangwon Province, the survey will start Tuesday and run for [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — A special exhibition will take place where visitors enter a camera chamber 6 meters wide and 3 meters tall to look at upside-down images of South Korea’s cultural heritage. The National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage began an exhibition tour that goes around Sungnyemun Gate, Ulleung and Dokdo islands, [...]
SUWON, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean border province will push to apply for the inclusion of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) in the list of the UNESCO World Cultural and Natural Heritage, officials said Sunday. The government of Gyeonggi Province, which borders with North Korea, said it plans to present an application for [...]
DAEJEON, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Radiation technology has been introduced for the purpose of preserving the nation’s cultural artifacts. According to the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, the Korean Society of Conservation Science for Cultural Heritage has decided to expand the use of the institute’s radiation technology to analyze and better protect traditional cultural [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics Inc. forecast Friday that it is likely to have returned to the red in the fourth quarter of last year, indicating that its money-losing smartphone business appears to have continued to crumble. LG said it expects an operating loss of 35.3 billion won (US$29.6 million) for the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – The Cultural Heritage Administration said Monday that Haenyeo, women divers of Jeju Island, are likely to become a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. If the application is successful, Haenyeo will become Korea’s 19th cultural heritage recognized by UNESCO. The Evaluation Body of UNESCO suggested the South Korean culture [...]