HWACHEON, Dec. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Organizers of the Hwacheon Sancheoneo (Mountain Trout) Ice Festival have continued their steady push towards the grand opening on January 5 at Hwacheon, Gangwon Province. And the recent cold that swept the country is helping to freeze solid the main grounds that will be used for ice fishing during [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Early next month, Seoul’s Dulle-gil will host a treasure hunt that has more than 10 million won in prizes awaiting eager treasure seekers. To commemorate the fourth anniversary of the Dulle-gil’s opening, the “2018 Seoul Dulle-gil Festival” will be held on November 3 with over 1,000 residents participating in [...]
GOCHANG, Oct. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The 45th Gochang Moyang Fortress Festival kicked off on Wednesday for a round of events, including the famous Dapseong-nori, that will continue for the next four days in Gochang, North Jeolla Province. Gochang’s Moyang Fortress, also known as Gochangeup-seong, was built in 1453 by King Danjong of the Joseon [...]
SUWON, Oct. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Gyeonggi Province announced yesterday that it was planning to allocate 19.63 billion won to be used to transform Namhansanseong Fortress, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, into a major tourist attraction by 2022. The province is expected to hold a yearly “cultural festival” in October starting next year, and will [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The 2018 Imsil N Cheese Festival hosted by Imsil-gun in North Jeolla Province will be held at the Cheese Theme Park and Cheese Village from October 6 to 9. The theme of this year’s festival is “Love for Cheese, Love for Imsil.” Over 80 different programs will be available [...]
BUCHEON, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The Bucheon B-boy International Championship (BBIC), the only local B-boy competition on a global scale, will be taking place at Bucheon Maru Plaza between September 14 and 16. In its third year, BBIC is an event supervised by Jinjo Crew, a Korean dance group that swept the titles of [...]
HAENAM, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A festival to commemorate Korea’s victory in the Battle of Myeongnyang in 1597 is set to be held on the Usuyeong Coast in Haenam, South Jeolla Province, where the battle took place, as well as nearby Nokjin-ri on Jindo Island. The Great Battle of Myeongnyang Festival will kick off [...]
GIMHAE, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – The first interracial marriage recorded in Korean history, between an Indian princess and King Kim Suro of Geumgwan Gaya 2,000 years ago, is to be re-enacted at a special festival to be held in Gimhae, South Gyeongsang Province between August 31 and September 2. The festival will feature the wedding between [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — A food festival held in the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi aimed at creating awareness of Korean food ended in great success with over 200,000 people flocking to the event. The K-Food Fair kicked off on June 9 for a two day run. The fair’s success is mainly attributed to [...]
CHEONGJU, May 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The “Anthology of Great Buddhist Priests’ Zen Teachings” (also known as “Jikji”), the world’s oldest existing book printed with moveable metal type, will be re-created and incorporated into a 3D database. The Korea Culture Information Service Agency has selected the Goryeo Virtual Reality Program proposed by the Jikji Korea [...]