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Taekwondo Grandmaster Sets Guinness Record for Jumping Roundhouse Kick

Taekwondo Grandmaster Sets Guinness Record for Jumping Roundhouse Kick

SEOUL, April 25 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean taekwondo grandmaster on Monday has set a new Guinness World Record for the highest jumping roundhouse kick. Nam Seung-hyeon, head of the demonstration team at the World Taekwondo Headquarters, also known as Kukkiwon, achieved the feat on his 60th birthday by hitting a target apple placed [...]

Group Taekwondo Demonstration Sets New Guinness World Record

Group Taekwondo Demonstration Sets New Guinness World Record

SEOUL, March 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Thousands of taekwondo apprentices succeeded in a group demonstration in central Seoul, setting a new Guinness World Record. Some 12,533 participants flocked to Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul on Saturday, wearing their taekwondo uniforms, to hold a group demonstration of the “Taeguk 1-jang” technique. A total of 12,263 of [...]

New Guinness® World Record – World’s Biggest Bug Hotel

New Guinness® World Record – World’s Biggest Bug Hotel

DUROR, Scotland, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — On Monday 28th March 2022, conservation company Highland Titles achieved a new GUINNESS WORLD RECORD® for the world’s biggest bug/insect hotel, which means Highland Titles are “Officially Amazing!”® A photo accompanying this announcement is available at https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/c6d0e716-dbd2-4737-934d-660fac898b70 The 199.9 cubic metre structure is located on the Highland Titles Nature [...]

Breakdancing 480 Meters Up in the Air

Breakdancing 480 Meters Up in the Air

SEOUL, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Celebrating Lotte World Tower’s Guinness World Record of having the highest glass-floor observatory in the world, a group of breakdancers offered a special performance Thursday at the tower’s Seoul Sky observatory, transparent through 478 meters of thin air.  Seoul Sky is located on the 118th floor of the 123-story [...]

Korea’s Largest Musical Performance Makes Guinness Book of World Records

Korea’s Largest Musical Performance Makes Guinness Book of World Records

GWANGJU, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Korea successfully landed in the Guinness Book of World Records with the largest Ocarina performance, a feat realized by Gwangju residents last month. The ensemble was featured 8,647 locals and was arranged to mark the one-year anniversary of the Asia Culture Center in the city.  Each of the performers [...]

Rooftop Garden in S. Korea Recognized by Guinness as World’s Largest

Rooftop Garden in S. Korea Recognized by Guinness as World’s Largest

SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – The rooftop garden at the government complex in Sejong, central South Korea, has been officially recognized by Guinness World Records as the world’s largest garden on a rooftop to date, government officials said Monday.  Government officials, including Vice Interior Minister Kim Sung-lyul, unveiled a monument on the roof to [...]