SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — When it comes to comforting someone, sometimes less is more. Simply being present and offering a supportive shoulder can be more meaningful than many words. The drama film “Mungyeong: More than Roads” demonstrates this, where the characters find comfort in each other’s quiet presence during difficult times. Directed by [...]
MUNGYEONG, South Korea, Feb. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Two firefighters were found dead early Thursday after they were trapped at a burning meat processing factory in the central city of Mungyeong while on a mission to search for fire victims, authorities said. Rescuers retrieved the bodies of the firefighters, Kim, 27, and Park, 35, from [...]
SEOUL, April 28 (Korea Bizwire) — A new monorail offering stunning views of the Baekdudaegan mountain range, a trail of mountains that starts in North Korea and continues to Mount Jiri in South Korea’s southwest, opened Monday. The municipality of Mungyeong in North Gyeongsang Province spent 10 billion won (US$8.2 million) to build a tourist [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s mainstream Buddhist order has set out to build a large-scale complex in a southern city to provide experiences of “Seon” meditation, better known as Zen meditation, to Buddhist followers as well as ordinary people, a committee in charge of the project said Wednesday. Under the plan led [...]