TAKASAKI, Jan. 31 (Korea Bizwire) – In the heart of Japan’s Honshu island, Gunma Prefecture has initiated the controversial removal of a memorial in the city of Takasaki’s Gunma Prefectural Forest Park, dedicated to Korean laborers from the Japanese colonial period. This action has sparked a backlash, with some Japanese media outlets calling for an immediate [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Apple Inc.’s Siri is being criticized for describing Korea as “the Korean peninsula in modern history, or Joseon under the Japanese empire.” The Voluntary Agency Network of Korea (VANK), a South Korean civic organization, revealed that asking the virtual assistant about Korea returns the aforementioned response. “Korea is a region [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s oldest fire siren dates back as many as 100 years, a government agency said Thursday. According to the National Fire Agency, the old fire siren kept by the volunteer fire station in Boryeong, South Chungcheong Province was made by the Japan Electric Ironsmith Company in 1925. The [...]
JEJU, Jul. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — As news of Yemeni nationals landing on Jeju soil and applying for refugee status continues to dominate headlines at media outlets across the nation, interest in the refugee crisis has been piqued while the public remains divided on the issue. But contrary to what many people think, refugees have [...]
SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The Voluntary Agency Network of Korea (VANK), an internet-based organization, stated yesterday that 16 well-known educational websites such as Britannica and Wikipedia have included the area of the former Korean kingdom Goguryeo as part of China’s Han Dynasty on their websites. On Britannica’s official website (www.britannica.com/topic/Xiongnu), the area denoted [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Byeongin Persecution, the Archdiocese of Seoul has arranged a special exhibit entitled “Memory & Commemoration”. The Byeongin Persecution is among the deadliest religious persecutions in Korea’s recorded history. It took place from 1866 to 1871, during which some 8,000 Catholics including foreign missionaries [...]
SEOCHEON, South Korea, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – A 1600-year-old wooden storage facility from the Baekje Kingdom (18BC – 660AD) has been excavated, unveiling household items from the past, including pottery for ancient rituals, farming tools, and even the teeth of a wild boar. The storage was discovered 3.5 meters underground at a historic site in [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – It has been over 70 years since Korea claimed independence from its most painful history, the Japanese occupation. Korea’s reclamation of freedom was made official on August 15, 1945. But the years that followed were a period of confusion and chaos. Highlighting the turbulent era, the Seoul Museum of [...]
GANGNEUNG, June 10 (Korea Bizwire) – The Asean-Korea Centre is hosting the 2016 ASEAN School Tour Program Friday at Dano Culture Center in Gangneung, Gangwon Province. The event is being co-hosted with the Gangwon Education Office, Gangneung Office of Education, and Gangneung Dano Festival Committee, and some 450 middle school students and teachers from the city [...]
SEOUL, June 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Rice has long been a big part of the Korean diet. And despite a recent decline in the consumption of the staple, rice still remains an irreplaceable dish in Korean cuisine, with an annual average rice consumption per capita of 62.9kg (2015). The ancient kings of Korea used to [...]