SEOUL, May 11 (Korea Bizwire) – President Moon Jae-in on Wednesday promised to begin what he calls a “Gwanghwamun Presidency.” Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul was the main stage for the candlelight protests demanding President’s Park Geun-hye’s resignation (or impeachment), gathering millions of Koreans from across the country. But even before the mass rallies, the area [...]
SEOUL, April 10 (Korea Bizwire) – As an increasing number of wild animals in South Korea find themselves short of food during the spring season, some animals are emerging from their natural habitats in search of food. A series of incidents where wild animals have come in contact with people in unexpected places such as the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Stores and restaurants near Gwanghwamun Square, which has been the center of mass candlelight protests for almost two months, have seen sales soar with the ongoing civil unrest. According to KB Kookmin Card, the number of credit card transactions increased by 24 percent to 1,086,910 compared to last year [...]
DAEJEON, Nov. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – It has been a month since Koreans started to take to the streets to protest the ongoing political scandal. Now, a new smartphone app will better serve over one million (organizer estimate) citizens that will once again gather in Seoul’s Gwanghwamun neighborhood this Saturday. The app is called the [...]
SEOUL, Sept 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Baduk boards and rows of tables and chairs took over the sidewalk of Sejongro, next to Gwanghwamun, setting the stage for an epic 110 versus 1,300 Baduk (game of Go) match. As part of a vehicle-free event in the Gwanghwamun and City Hall area, 1,300 citizens competed against 110 [...]
SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Louis Vuitton will hold a free exhibition entitled ‘Past, Present, Future,’ at D Tower in Gwanghwamun from May 1 to 17. The exhibition will feature works by Nicolas Ghesquière, who is the creative director of women’s clothing for Louis Vuitton. The works are divided according to 9 grand themes that inspired [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – A sea of small bags flooded Gwanghwamun Square on February 19. The bags are called ‘bok jumoni’, which can be translated into lucky bag. Koreans use these bags to keep the pocket money given to them by their elders on Lunar New Year day. The 304 lucky bags adorned a [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — KT opened a new chapter in its company history as it celebrated its relocation to a new company headquarters in Gwanghwamun, central Seoul, on January 26. KT, arguably founder of South Korea’s telecommunications industry, set sail for a new journey from the ‘new nest.’ The new company building has a [...]
PYEONGCHANG, Korea, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – From January 9 to 18, the Daegwallyeong Snow Festival will be held at Daegwallyeong in Pyeongchang. With a theme entitled “Dream of Snow Land: Hoping For a Successful 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics,” the festival will showcase various snow-related sculptures in one of Korea’s winter wonderlands. The snow sculptures include [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul metropolitan city government said on August 27 that it would make available smartphone recharging booths near Cheonggyecheon, or Cheonggye Stream in downtown Seoul, with the small amount of electricity generated from the flowing water in the stream. This is the first time for phone charging booths to be [...]