IKSAN, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – The city of Iksan in North Jeolla Province announced on September 23 that it will host the 2024 Horror Hologram Festival on September 26, transforming a former prison set into a cutting-edge spectacle of fear and technology. Now in its third year, the festival uniquely blends the concept of horror [...]
IKSAN, April 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The southwestern city of Iksan on Tuesday announced the opening of a new bicycle path, which is more than a kilometer long, starting from Geumma Crossroad, Cheonma-dong Village, to the Baekje Palace Ruins. The Baekje Kingdom was one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, along with Koguryo and Silla, [...]
IKSAN, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A prison set in Iksan, North Jeolla Province is emerging as a new cultural space for young Koreans in their 20s and 30s by providing a variety of experience-type programs. A program uses augmented reality (AR) technology to enable participants to complete a mission within the prison set. This [...]
IKSAN, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Twenty-two residents in a small village of 90 people were diagnosed with cancer, 17 of whom have lost their lives. A government investigation revealed that the reason behind the tragedy was none other than the carcinogens released from tobacco leaves. The Ministry of Environment (ME) announced the results of [...]
Iksan, Apr. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Iksan, North Jeolla Province will be opening a plant clinic at the Agricultural Technology Service Center on Friday. The clinic, comprised of a greenhouse treatment unit, recuperation unit, essential equipment, and two regular staff, will be in charge of treating plants damaged by diseases, pests, abnormal [...]
IKSAN, South Korea, Aug. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Police said Wednesday they have arrested two members of a six-man theft ring accused of having dug a 40-meter tunnel in South Korea’s central province of North Chungcheong for more than one month to pilfer oil from an underground pipeline. The Iksan Police Station in southwestern South [...]