SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — New York Mayor Eric Adams on Monday (local time) raised the South Korean national flag alongside Korean Americans next to the Charging Bull on Wall Street. The mayor participated in a ceremony to raise Taegeukgi, South Korea’s national flag, at Manhattan’s Bowling Green in celebration of the 78th anniversary [...]
SEOUL, March 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The scenery of Korean national flags flying outside every home on March 1 Independence Movement Day is now a thing of the past. A majority of newly built apartment complexes are choosing not to install flag poles on the exterior because it hurts the overall design of the building. [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean national flag, Taegeukgi, now hangs near the Charging Bull, a landmark statue on Wall Street. The Asian American Youth Council, a group of Korean American youths in the U.S. eastern states, held a flag-raising ceremony for the South Korean national flag on Broadway in Manhattan in [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Starting Tuesday, the National Museum of Korea will exhibit South Korea’s oldest national flag until March 8, in commemoration of the 102nd anniversary of the March 1 movement against Japanese colonial rule. The flag is called Denny’s, as King Gojong (1863-1907) of the Joseon Dynasty gave it to U.S. [...]
SEOUL, March 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Sungshin Women’s University professor Seo Kyung-duk, who is widely known for promoting the Taegeukgi, the South Korea’s national flag, at home and abroad, said Sunday that he will launch a “Second Taegeukgi Error Correction Campaign” to mark the 101st anniversary of the March 1 Independence Movement Day. Those who [...]
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 [...]