GWANGJU, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The remains of about 40 people have been discovered at the site of a former prison in the southwestern city of Gwangju, the government said Friday, with some claiming that they may belong to victims of crackdowns during the pro-democracy movement in the 1980s. The remains were uncovered Thursday [...]
GWANGJU, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The Gwangju Design Biennale kicked off its two-month journey in the southern city of Gwangju on Friday to explore and experiment with innovative design ideas under this year’s theme, “humanity.” Running till Oct. 31, the design festival will bring together 650 designers from 50 countries and 120 corporate entities. [...]
GWANGJU, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — At the FINA World Masters Championships Gwangju 2019, a gathering of swimming enthusiasts, sad or funny scenes have been displayed, drawing laughter and exclamations from the audience. In particular, unexpected scenes were shown in swimming races and diving competitions, sometimes drawing exclamations and sometimes laughter. Diving is a sport [...]
GWANGJU, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The FINA World Masters Championships Gwangju 2019, a festival of world swimming enthusiasts, saw its curtain rise Monday. The competition will be held until August 18. The event is all the more meaningful and attractive with vast a number of elderly participants. According to the event’s organizing committee, a [...]
GWANGJU, Jul. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Gwangsan District in Gwangju will hold a Gulingpic on Saturday at Honam University, where it will stage various games making use of “guling” discarded waste tires. Guling’s Olympic Games, Gulingpik, will be divided into three areas: speed, strength and how freely one slides the tire. Guling is a youth [...]
GWANGJU, Jul. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Partisan fans attending events ranging from artistic swimming to diving to water polo during the first week of the FINA World Championships in Gwangju have been boisterous in support of their homegrown athletes. In turn, these athletes have spoken glowingly about their loud and passionate fans. This is the [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The wait is almost over, as the southern city of Gwangju is preparing to host the first swimming world championships in South Korea starting this week. The 2019 FINA World Aquatics Championships will begin Friday, with an opening ceremony scheduled for 8:20 p.m. Gwangju, 330 kilometers south of Seoul, [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — All city buses in Gwangju, host of this year’s FINA World Championships, will have public Wifi onboard as South Korea moves to bolster its internet connectivity infrastructure, the government said Thursday. Starting Friday, all of Gwangju’s 1,044 buses will have Wifi as the city, 330 kilometers south of Seoul, [...]
GWANGJU, Jun. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The 2019 FINA World Championships will be held in Gwangju in July, and the country’s hard-working canine athletes will participate. The city of Gwangju hosted a national dog swimming competition Saturday at Chosun University in hopes of a successful World Championship. The dogs gathered from all over the country [...]
GWANGJU, Jun. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — A variety of cultural events are to take place in Gwangju in the coming weeks ahead of the opening of the 2019 FINA World Championships in the southwestern South Korean city next month, municipal officials said Wednesday. Gwangju, 330 kilometers south of Seoul, is gearing up to host the [...]