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 [...]
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 [...]
SEOUL, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) — An electric vehicle powered by a battery from LG Energy Solution Ltd. set a new Guinness World Record title for the highest altitude achieved by an electric car. The Volkswagen ID.4 GTX succeeded in driving up the dormant Uturuncu volcano in Bolivia, reaching an altitude of 5,816 meters on [...]
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 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co.’s Kona Electric vehicle has set a Guinness world record for the highest altitude achieved in an electric car, the company said Friday. The Kona Electric built in Hyundai Motor’s Indian plant reached the Saula Himal peak that is 5,731 meters high, beating the previous record height [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
GYERYONG, South Korea, Oct. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – The annual Gyeryong Military Culture Festival (October 2 to 6) showcased on Monday a drone competition during which 300 drones made simultaneous flights. According to the event’s organizing committee, it is often considered impossible for more than some 20 drones to fly at the same time due [...]
GWANGJU, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – A total of 8,647 participants gathered in Gwangju Sunday with ocarinas, a wind instrument, for an attempt at the Guinness World Record for the biggest ensemble featuring a single musical instrument. Organized as a celebration of the first anniversary of Gwangju’s Asia Culture Center, participants ranged from students and [...]