SEOUL, Feb. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The North Gyeongsang provincial government will be operating a Dokdo promotional bus from February 13. The bus will be a moving exhibition of Dokdo-related content such as photographs and books. The outside of the bus will be decorated with Dokdo photographs as well. The bus will be presented at the Pohang [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – “Dokdo Bread” made by a baker in his 40’s is the talk of town in Pohang, a southeastern port city in South Korea. Kim Ki-seon, the baker, began baking the bread last year to protect Dokdo from Japan, after the news that Japan was making “Takeshima Bread.” With dough [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Gyeongsangbuk-do Provincial Government is producing a 3D animation to promote Dokdo. This project, expected to cost 1 billion won, will promote Dokdo’s history and some fun facts related to the islets. 3D based characters and theme songs will be also featured. Existing content regarding Dokdo has been centered on factual [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea said Monday it is making efforts to lead the United States to restore its reference to Seoul’s easternmost islets of Dokdo as the Liancourt Rocks in the World Factbook published by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The CIA World Factbook lists the Dokdo islets as [...]
“This song has nothing to do with fanning hostility against Japan and instead was intended to promote reconciliation and overcoming of differences. I hope my gesture could show to everybody that this song praying for peaceful unification was produced for good ends and ultimately it may be used to improve the relationship between the two [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Lee Seung-Cheol, Korea’s popular singer and a former rock band member, was held for hours in Japan’s airport while arriving in Tokyo. According to his talent management agency Jinnenwon Music Works, Lee was going to go to Japan at one of his acquaintances’ invitation on November 9 through an [...]
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SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – On August 16, Pope Francis will preside over a historic Mass at Seoul’s Gwanghwamun Square to beatify 124 Korean Catholic martyrs persecuted during the Joseon dynasty. But, the Pope is expected to face unexpected guests during the feast of the Catholic Church in Korea. Since July 14, about ten bereaved family [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Mar 4 (Korea Bizwire) – As Japanese government provokes Koreans’ anti-Japanese sentiments by continuously claiming Korea’s far eastern island, Dokdo, as its own, Korea’s used car exporters began a campaign informing the world that the island is within Korea’s territorial boundary. Beginning on March 1, the Korea’s Automobile Exports Institute, an umbrella group [...]