JINDO, Sept. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The 2019 Great Battle of Myeongnyang Festival was successfully held at Jindo and Haenam in South Jeolla Province. Starting on Friday, the festival was held for three consecutive days, offering a variety of attractions including a representation of the Myeongnyang Battle and drone light shows. This year’s festival attracted [...]
BUSAN, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Busan’s Haeundae Beach will hold a festival to share an important message about the serious risk that ocean waste, including microplastics, poses to the environment. Busan’s Haeundae District announced that it will hold a Beachcombing Festival at Haeundae Beach from September 25 to October 12. This type of beachcombing [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea plans to hold a global promotion event to tell the world about kimchi. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs announced on Sunday that it will hold Korea Kimchi Festivals in the United States, France, Vietnam, and Japan between September and November. The government explained that [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — An inaugural festival of Korean traditional music featuring scores of high-end concerts will hit Seoul’s major tourist spots for a three-week run from this weekend, organizers said Wednesday. The Seoul Metropolitan Government said it will host the 1st Seoul Korean Traditional Music Festival from Sept. 6-29 to provide citizens [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government said Wednesday it will host a drone festival this weekend at which it will showcase various drones and hold a drone race. The weekend event will take place at the Gwangnaru Hangang Drone Park in eastern Seoul on Saturday, according to the Seoul Metropolitan Government. [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Tension grew in the South Korean port city of Incheon Friday, one day ahead of a local LGBT festival, as conservative civic groups are expected to hold opposition protests. The Incheon Queer Culture Festival is scheduled to take place in Incheon, just west of Seoul, Saturday with human rights [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — An annual festival on traditional Korean art and culture will kick off later this week in central Seoul, organizers said Tuesday. The “Insa Korean Art and Culture Festival: 2019 Insadong Exposition” will be held in Insadong, a multitude of small streets with craft shops and galleries, on Thursday for [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — A special festival in central Seoul will showcase the essence of some internationally recognized traditional Korean performing arts, the culture ministry said Friday. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in collaboration with the Korean Traditional Performing Arts Foundation, will host the festival, whose title translates as “Great Inheritance [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Jamsil Hangang Park hosted a paper boat race, a part of Seoul’s Hangang Summer Festival, as Seoul hit a record-high 33 degrees Celsius last Friday. Participants were found near the park’s information center cutting and gluing paper together to build boats in various shapes and sizes. The boats were [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The Han River Park will host a water balloon fight competition this weekend. The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced that the Nanji Han River Park will hold the ‘Hangang (Han River) Water Picnic – Water Fight Festival’ between 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. The water fights [...]