SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The government decided Monday to spend 1.95 billion won (US$1.76 million) to transform a guard post on the border with North Korea into a museum underscoring inter-Korean reconciliation efforts and honoring soldiers killed during the Korean War. The guard post at Arrowhead Ridge inside the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) has [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Measuring 18.5 meters in height and 11 m in diameter, a massive pagoda of TV monitors has been the symbol of South Korea’s National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA) in Gwacheon, south of Seoul, and the quintessence of Korean-American artist Paik Nam-june’s (1932-2006) pioneering video art career. [...]
JEJU, Jul. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — A new museum where visitors can encounter rare pianos, including the world’s only piano decorated with sculptures carved by the modern master Auguste Rodin, has opened. The World Automobile Jeju Museum, located in Seogwipo, Jeju Island, reported Monday that it has opened the country’s first “Piano Museum,” which has [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. said it has completed construction of the new National Museum of Qatar, holding the museum’s opening ceremony on March 27. The new Qatar National Museum was built along the northern and southern parts of the old royal palace located in the central part of [...]
INCHEON, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea plans to build a museum on the collection, display and study of world letters in the city of Incheon, west of Seoul, starting in July this year, the Incheon municipal government said Tuesday. Completion of the National Museum of World Letters in the city’s international business district [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – The construction of a building in the heart of Seoul unleashed the excavation of relics, which are now being displayed in a museum located in the basement of the building. The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced on September 12 that it was opening the entire basement floor of the Centropolis Building, [...]
SEOUL, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea plans to set up a museum on North Korea’s human rights by 2019 to raise public awareness about Pyongyang’s serious human rights violations, government officials said Friday. The envisioned museum is expected to display documents and photos of North Korea’s human rights records and introduce testimonies of [...]
Seoul, Korea, Feb. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Telecom (NYSE:SKM) today announced that it will bring T.um Mobile, a travelling ICT museum, to Barcelona to provide Spanish children with the chance to experience cutting-edge technologies. T.um Mobile will be opened as part of the Youth Mobile Festival (YoMo) Barcelona at Fira Montjuic, from February 27 [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – The Bank of Korea Money Museum, located in Myeongdong, central Seoul, opened in 2001 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of South Korea’s central bank (the bank opened in June 1950). In addition to its display of some 4,500 banknotes from around the world, the facility delves into the history [...]
SEONGNAM, South Korea, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – The Hyundai Museum of Kids’ Books & Art (MOKA) is offering a special exhibit, themed Pictures and Books, for visiting children by having a moving robot follow them around to share information on different artworks in the museum. The robot, entitled “Docent Momo,” was specially developed for [...]