JEONJU, Apr. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – The flower garden in Wansan Park in the city of Jeonju, North Jeolla Province, has blossomed into a new tourist attraction as spring flowers reach their peak bloom. According to Jeonju city officials, the park’s flower garden has been drawing an average of 14,000 visitors per day since early this [...]
JEONJU, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – On the afternoon of Saturday, October 7, a massive bowl of bibimbap graced the special stage at the Jeonju Sports Complex Stadium in North Jeolla Province, capturing the attention of both citizens and tourists. This huge bowl of bibimbap served as a symbolic representation of the 2023 Jeonju Bibimbap Festival, [...]
JEONJU, Oct. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Bus stops in in southern city of Jeonju are being transformed into artworks. With a shift away from dull achromatic color, they are reborn as cultural spaces, each with their own characteristics. Starting from 2017, the city government has been carrying out the Art Meets Bus Platform project as [...]
JEONJU, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The Jeonju city government in North Jeolla Province plans to install 2,500 water bags for street trees and other trees in parks and green spaces. This move is a part of efforts to help the growth of trees that are suffering from prolonged heatwaves and droughts. The city government [...]
JEONJU, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The Jeonju city government in North Jeolla Province has partnered with the Central Institute for Restoration and Conservation of Archival and Library Heritage (ICPAL) in Rome, paving the way for the globalization of Korean traditional handmade paper known as ‘hanji.’ It was announced on Monday that Jeonju had signed [...]
JEONJU, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Trees lining the streets of Jeonju, North Jeolla Province have been given warm clothes to wear for the winter. A total of 130 volunteers from the Jeonju Volunteer Center recently dressed up trees near Jeonju Hanok Village and Jeonju Station. Warm clothes help trees to survive the winter and [...]
JEONJU, July 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Jeonju, a southwestern South Korean city, has announced a plan to purchase all of the city’s urban parks that are subject to re-development under the so-called sunset system. Under this scheme, land designated for urban green space can be re-developed if municipal governments wait more than 20 years to [...]
SEOUL, March 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Jeonju, a southwestern South Korean city, said Friday it will pay half a million won each to about 50,000 citizens suffering economic losses from the coronavirus outbreak. The capital of North Jeolla Province said about 50,000 economically vulnerable citizens, including unemployed people, will receive an “anti-disaster basic income” of [...]
JEONJU, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Traditional gardens will be constructed in Jeonju Hanok Village, located in North Jeolla Province. The city of Jeonju plans to turn a 1,396-square-meter parking lot into a traditional garden by the end of this month. The garden is expected to feature an outdoor stage for various performances and a [...]
JEONJU, Jan. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has selected Jeonju and four other locations as ‘capital cities’ for the tourism industry. Jeonju welcomed the result, confident that the project’s support in building world-class infrastructure for tourism and attracting foreign tourists en masse will boost the economy of the region. [...]