SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — A member of the rock band The 1975 is getting flak on social media after posting a photo of himself stepping on the South Korean national flag. Matthew Healy, lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the English group, used a mirror to take a photo of himself with his [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Commemorating the 100th year of the March 1st Independence Movement as well as the establishment of the provisional government of the Republic of Korea, military service members will be replacing their camouflage patches of the South Korean national flag with the original ones. On Monday, the Republic of Korea [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Tuesday’s impeachment trial for President Park Geun-hye was highlighted by a publicity stunt from a lawyer fighting on behalf of the troubled commander-in-chief. Lawyer Seo Seog-goo unfurled South Korea’s national flag as he turned around to face the courtroom audience as the trial was about to begin. He smiled, [...]
SEOUL, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) – Lotte Group officials have made the decision to remove a giant Korean national flag that is currently being displayed on the company’s new 123-storey World Tower, in July. The gigantic flag, which is 36 meters wide and 24 meters high, was fixed to the building’s outer structure in August 2015 [...]
SEOUL, Dec 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Korea Airport Corporation has completed on December 15 a project to paint the walls and control towers of its network airports in Gimpo (Seoul), Gimhae (Busan) and Jeju with new designs integrating the national flag. The control towers that underwent a makeover this time were four including two in Gimpo [...]