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Daejeon Running Festival Ushers in the Year of the Blue Dragon with Hope and Health

Daejeon Running Festival Ushers in the Year of the Blue Dragon with Hope and Health

DAEJEON, Jan. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – On the first day of the 2024, Daejeon’s Yuseong-gu Hanbit Tower Plaza came alive with the ’2024 Sunyang Maenmom Running Festival.’  This unique event, in which half-naked runners brave frigid winter temperatures, attracted over 6,000 participants, including 2,024 runners, along with their families, marking a vibrant start to the New [...]

Daegu to Hold ‘Untact’ Marathon

Daegu to Hold ‘Untact’ Marathon

DAEGU, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Daegu plans to use so-called ‘untact’ (contactless) means to hold a half-marathon race. Daegu’s Dalseo District announced Thursday that it will hold the Untact Dalseo Half-Marathon Contest from Sept. 27 to Oct. 17. With an annual festival held every September, race organizers needed to come up [...]