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 [...]
DAEJEON, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The Daejeon Convention Center will host the 5th Asian Wine Trophy convention until August 30, as 130 jurors from 24 countries will attend to test over 4,000 wines of 32 different nationalities. The convention held in Daegu is the sister event of the ones held in Portugal and Germany. [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Clear your evening schedule for August 11 and 12, as a multitude of evening festivals and activities are slated to open throughout Seoul Plaza and Gwanghwamun Square. For both dates, a stage will be set up in Seoul Plaza where a diverse group of musical performances will be on display. [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — As the rainy season gradually draws to a close and the hottest time of the year looms ahead, seemingly every coastline destination is announcing festivals of all sorts. With the rise in popularity of “staycations”, where potential beachgoers opt to stay in with the air conditioner on full blast, [...]
SEOUL, June 1 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s largest virtual reality (VR) event will kick off in the southern port city of Busan later this week to showcase the latest technologies and content as the country aims to become a global powerhouse in the sector, the government said Wednesday. Busan VR Festival 2017, the first [...]
SEOUL, May 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The United States Taekwondo Education Foundation (USTEF) plans to hold its 9th annual New York Times Square Taekwondo Festival on June 23, bringing together about 5,000 participants, including American students learning the Korean martial art, organizers said Saturday. The festival, which was begun in 2008 to promote taekwondo among [...]