YEONCHEON, South Korea, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) – The 25th Yeoncheon Jeongok-ri Paleolithic Festival kicked off on Wednesday for the Children’s Day weekend, featuring various performances and participatory events. Among over a dozen events on offer at the festival are a Paleolithic barbeque session, where visitors enjoy barbeque grill cooking the ancient way; a Paleolithic [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of reservations by foreign visitors to the Hwacheon Sancheoneo (trout) Ice Festival has more than doubled compared to last year, indicating the event, which was first held in 2003, is gaining popularity internationally. According to Hwacheon County, 522 teams comprising 14,589 individuals from overseas have so far [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – The annual Jeonju Bibimbap Festival will kick off this Thursday, featuring a wide variety of traditional food and culture activities and events centered around its main theme, bibimbap. Bibimbap is a Korean dish that literally translates into ‘mixed rice’. It is served as a bowl of rice topped with [...]
NAMYANGJU, South Korea, Sept. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – The idea of “slow living” is an alien concept to much of busy modern-day humanity, and could be perceived as near-impossible. But it’s still important to relax every now and then, and approach life from a different perspective. Namyangju’s Slow Life Festival emphasizes just that. This year’s [...]
GYERYONG, South Korea, Sept. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – The final rehearsal for the October 1 Armed Forces Day took place Thursday at Gyeryongdae, South Korea’s main military compound. Contrary to popular belief, the Republic of Korea Armed Forces Day does not celebrate the day that the Korean military was first established, but rather the day [...]
YEONCHEON, South Korea, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – Yeoncheon County and the Agricultural Technology Center are hosting an exhibit of ornamental pumpkins and chrysanthemums dubbed the “Bizarre World of Pumpkins”. Covering an area of approximately 3,000 square meters, this year’s iteration marks the exhibit’s 9th anniversary, and will feature some 100 types of ornamental pumpkins [...]
NONSAN, South Korea, Sept. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – If King Leonidas I had 300 Spartans to defend against the Persians, General Gyebaek had 5,000 warriors for the legendary Battle of Hwangsanbeol. Among the last stand battles fought by Baekje against Silla during the time of the Three Kingdoms, General Gyebaek of Baekje Kingdom fought against 50,000 [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – BMW Group Korea is celebrating the German automaker’s 100th anniversary by hosting “BMW Joy Festival” at Yeongjongdo, an island off the coast of Incheon. The two-day festival, which begins on Saturday (September 24), will include an exhibition, drift performances, driving experiences for visitors, Oktoberfest, and a mini-amusement park. The [...]
BUSAN, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Korea’s largest festival for independent videogames, Busan Indie Connected 2016, took place from September 9 to 11 with almost three times the number of gaming enthusiasts in attendance compared to last year. Marking its second anniversary, the festival took place at the Busan Cinema Center, located near the city’s [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korea’s Taedonggang Beer Festival kicked off for a 20-day run on August 12, showing off its people’s “happy and optimism-filled livelihood, building a paradise of the people and a strong socialist nation, while crushing America and its anti-republic followers’ schemes to isolate and annihilate (North Korea),” in the words [...]