SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced on Wednesday that a total of 970,000 citizens participated in the Carless Jamsu Bridge Walking Festival in the first half of this year. The Jamsu Bridge festival took place nine times between May 7 and July 9. Among the various programs, the most popular [...]
SEOUL, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) — RM, leader of K-pop supergroup BTS, on Saturday shared how he feels about the band’s 10th anniversary, which fell earlier this week. He hit the stage for “It’s Kim Nam-joon at 5 p.m.,” a special program held as part of the two weeks of BTS 10th Anniversary Festa, which [...]
SEOUL, June 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The 1883 Incheon McGang (fried chicken and beer) Party took place on Thursday at Incheon Port, the city government and the Incheon Tourism Organization said. The number 1883 represents the year when the port was opened. The event was anticipated to attract approximately 3,000 foreign tourists from 10 countries, [...]
SEOUL, June 12 (Korea Bizwire) — A two-week-long festival kicked off Monday to celebrate K-pop juggernaut BTS’ 10th debut anniversary, organizers said. BTS’ 10th Anniversary Festa will be held jointly with the Seoul metropolitan government till June 25 at various places in the capital city, under the slogan “BTS presents everywhere,” the band’s agency, BigHit [...]
SEOUL, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s Seocho District Office said Wednesday the Banpo-Seorae Korean-French Music Festival will be held in Seorae Village, commonly referred to as “little France.” The festival attracts approximately 2,000 local residents and foreigners annually and is considered one of Seocho District’s most significant events. Preliminary activities will include cultural booths [...]
CHANGWON, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) — With the imminent start of the Jinhae Gunhangje in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province, local government employees in charge of operating the festival are expressing frustration. Jinhae Gunhangje, or the Jinhae Naval Port Festival, is held annually for about 10 days in early April in Jinhae Ward in Changwon amid [...]
BUSAN, Nov. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Authorities are scrambling to ensure a safe game festival, which is expected to attract a massive number of visitors, following the Itaewon crowd crush. On the first day of the annual global game trade fair G-Star at the BEXCO exhibition center in the southeastern port city of Busan on [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul International Fireworks Festival was held at Han River Park in Yeouido, Seoul on Saturday. Hosted by Hanwha Group and sponsored by the Seoul Metropolitan Government, the festival has been held in September or October every year since 2000. Returning after a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, [...]
WONJU, Oct. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The Wonju Dynamic Dancing Carnival opened its curtains on Saturday in Wonju, Gangwon Province for the first time in three years. On the first weekend after the outdoor mask-wearing mandate was fully lifted, downtown Wonju was fully packed with dancing and music. To ensure a safe festival amid the ongoing [...]
SEOUL, July 24 (Korea Bizwire) — A summer festival spanning the Han River’s riverside parks in Seoul will kick off this week for the first time since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the government of Seoul said Sunday. The summer edition of the 2022 Han River Festival will hit the river’s 11 parks across [...]