JINJU, May 15 (Korea Bizwire) — A museum in the southeastern city of Jinju is gaining popularity among military enthusiasts after videos posted on YouTube received a positive response. The Jinju National Museum specializes in the history of Japan’s Invasion of Korea (1592-1598) and has been running a YouTube series called “Firepower Joseon” for two [...]
JINJU, April 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The municipal government of Jinju in South Gyeongsang Province said Monday that its Pavilion of Floating Lights won the “Honor” Award at the Canadian Wood Council’s Wood Design & Building Awards. The Pavilion of Floating Lights, completed in March last year, is a wooden building that was created by [...]
HOENGSEONG, South Korea, Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — While the goal of many athletes at the PyeongChang Olympics is winning medals and doing their best, freestyle skier Lee Mee-hyun eyes one more thing: finding her birth parents in South Korea. Lee was born in Jinju, South Gyeongsang Province, in 1994, but she was adopted by [...]
JINJU, Oct. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – As the lanterns floating on the Namgang River lit up, thousands of visitors gasped in awe. The Jinju Namgang Yedeung Festival opened on October 1, under the theme ‘Water, Fire, Light and our Wishes’. The festival will continue until October 11. Many public figures attended the event’s opening ceremony, [...]
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JINJU, Korea, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — In the Jinyang Lake Zoo run by the city government of Jinju, South Gyeongsang Province, there was an incident in which a male brown bear attacked an aged female lion. The lion died on the following day from injuries, but the zoo administrators reported it to the city authority [...]