SEOUL, Nov.16 (Korea Bizwire) – Traditional Korean houses in the Bukchon Hanok Village will now be open to the public, providing places to read and appreciate works of art. Seoul city officials announced that they will be opening one of the seven hanok (traditional Korean house) that the city purchased in the Bukchon Hanok Village. [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Jeong-dong, where a significant amount of early modern cultural heritage is concentrated, is set to stage another installment of its Jeong-dong Culture Nights. As part of the event, which runs from October 29 to 31, many cultural facilities will be open until 10 p.m., and many will lower their [...]
SEOUL, June 3 (Korea Bizwire) – While visiting the Hanok (Korean traditional house) Village in Jeonju, Charles Hay, the British Ambassador to Korea, could not hide his amazement at its splendid beauty. Ambassador Hay visited Jeonju on June 2, and enjoyed the traditional beauty of the village. While in the village, he looked around some 700 [...]
SEOUL, May 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s provincial governments Sunday unveiled plans to resume long-suspended aid to and exchange projects with North Korea under a new inter-Korean reconciliation policy by the Park Geun-hye government. Last week, the Ministry of Unification announced plans to promote inter-Korean exchanges in such areas as culture, sports and history to [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Mar 23 (Korea Bizwire) — An approval process for building “small-sized apartments,” which used to be applicable only to housing complexes of fewer than 20, will be eased; the pertinent measures will be expanded to those fewer than 30 to 50 units for the foreseeable future. On March 20, the Ministry of Land, [...]
SEOUL, South Korea, Oct 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Koreans have long believed that the most important thing in home building is harmony with the nature. They correctly thought houses built surrounding environmental conditions in mind can withstand natural elements better. For this reason, we Koreans boast tens of thousands of traditional houses still standing in this [...]
SEJONG, South Korea, Aug 26 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport unveiled a modern-styled ‘Model Hanok’ at 2 pm on Friday, August 23. The new hanok, or Korean traditional house, is cost-efficient at only about 60 percent of conventional construction costs and more comfortable than the traditional hanok. While interest in traditional [...]