SEOUL, April 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Monday it will open libraries in Gwanghwamun Square and Seoul Plaza to celebrate World Book Day (April 23), an annual event organized by the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization to promote reading, publishing and copyright. The libraries will be available until November. In [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — College students are borrowing far fewer books at libraries following the coronavirus outbreak. The Ministry of Education and the Korea Education and Research Information Service conducted a survey of 433 universities across the country, which showed that each enrolled student borrowed an average of 2.3 books between March 2020 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Wednesday that it will open up additional ‘little libraries’ in four districts by November of this year to allow citizens to read at local parks. The city, along with district authorities, is renovating old park facilities into libraries to minimize damage to the environment. [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Frequent shutdowns of public libraries following the coronavirus outbreak led to a drop in the number of visitors last year. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korean Library Association reported that an average of 76,431 people visited each public library last year, which was 69.5 percent [...]
SEOUL, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of books borrowed by students from university libraries plunged last year. The Ministry of Education and the Korea Education and Research Information Service reported that each college student borrowed an average of four books at university libraries last year, a significant drop from the average of 8.3 [...]
SEOUL, July 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Many public libraries, museums and art galleries in South Korea reopened their doors to the public on Wednesday amid signs of a slowdown in COVID-19 infections. The National Museum of Korea (NMK), the National Library of Korea and other cultural venues under the central government began accepting visitors, albeit [...]
SEOUL, July 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Sunday it will lift coronavirus restrictions on museums, galleries and libraries in the Seoul metropolitan area starting Monday, as the virus outbreak appears to be slowing down. The health authorities asked the public facilities to introduce an electronic visitor registration system based on quick response (QR) [...]
SEOUL, May 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Ending an over-two-month closure due to the coronavirus outbreaks, South Korea will conditionally reopen state-run museums and libraries starting next week, the government said Friday. Starting Wednesday, 24 key national history and art museums, as well as libraries, across the country will reopen their doors to the public under [...]
SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The culture ministry said Monday that it will extend the closure of major state-run art and history museums, libraries and theaters by another two weeks amid the country’s continued social distancing drive to contain COVID-19. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said 32 state-run culture and art facilities [...]
SEOUL, March 12 (Korea Bizwire) — In South Korea, drive-throughs have been used on many different occasions to tackle the novel coronavirus. For one, an Army boot camp at the 6th Infantry Division decided to ask families and friends to drop off new recruits from their cars without permitting vehicles to be parked. Family members, [...]