PAJU, South Korea, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) – Imjingak, a park located seven kilometers south of the Demilitarized Zone that divides the Korean Peninsula, is on its way to becoming a global military and ecology tourism destination, said local governments on Wednesday. According to Gyeonggi Province and Paju city officials, several construction projects are underway [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Actor Lee Min-ho began working at the Gangnam Ward office Friday, as a substitute for his mandatory military service. Wearing a black mask and dressed in black pants and a grey jacket, he arrived at the office around 8:45 a.m. Hundreds of fans were waiting for him. He was [...]
PAJU, South Korea, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Celebrating the upcoming Children’s Day, the Gyeonggi government is hosting a special event for families at the Imjingak Peace Park (Pyeonghwa-nuri) on May 5. The highlight of the event is the display of 800 panda dolls made with recycled paper around the park, promoting environmental preservation and sustainable [...]
SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean actor Lee Min-ho is the main presenter for MBC’s upcoming three-part documentary on the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) – the 4-kilometer wide, 250-kilometer long no man’s land that divides the Korean Peninsula in two. Dubbed DMZ, The Wild, the production of the series took roughly two years. The 30-year-old [...]
SEOUL, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) – U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is to visit the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) on Friday as the first major schedule of his trip to South Korea, the foreign ministry said Thursday, in an apparent bid to demonstrate a strong alliance between the two countries against North Korea. Tillerson is [...]
INJE, South Korea, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Serving at the very eastern frontline of the South Korean military are a father and his son, guarding the barbed-wire fence that dissects the Korean Peninsula, just an inch outside of the infamous Demilitarized Zone. Lee In-wook, a 51-year-old sergeant major, serves in the 12th Infantry Division, [...]
PAJU, Nov. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – Dokgae Bridge, located some 40 kilometers north of Seoul and eight kilometers south of the DMZ, connects the north and south banks of the Imjin River, near Imjingak. It was built in 1906 as a railway bridge, and as a set of two bridges – northbound and southbound. The [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s military said Wednesday it will upgrade thermal observation devices (TODs) installed at the heavily fortified inter-Korean border to cope with growing threats from North Korea. The upgrade aims to closely monitor and detect any provocative movements from the North along the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). In August last [...]
GOSEONG, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – A group of 155 scouts completed an eight-day traverse (July 25 – August 1) along the truce line that divides the two Koreas. As part of the event, which marked its 22nd anniversary this year, participating youth walked approximately 20km each day while visiting various tourist attractions located along [...]
PAJU/YEONCHEON, South Korea, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Security tourism in South Korea’s northwestern border areas has suffered a blow due to cooling inter-Korean relations amid a series of incessant North Korean provocations, including missile tests. The number of tourists visiting security attractions, including observatories and underground tunnels dug by the North, has been decreasing every [...]