SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — It has been reported that pedicabs adorned with the Rising Sun flag design, a symbol associated with Japanese militarism, are operating in the iconic tourist destination of Central Park in New York City. On January 15, Professor Seo Kyoung-duk from Sungshin Women’s University shared on social media that he had received [...]
NEW YORK/ WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — President Yoon Suk Yeol held another round of back-to-back summits with world leaders in New York on Thursday as he rampped up his push to promote South Korea’s bid to host the 2030 World Expo in Busan. Since his arrival in New York on Monday to attend [...]
NEW YORK/SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — President Yoon Suk Yeol held a second day of summits with world leaders in New York on Tuesday (local time) as he continued his push to win support for South Korea’s bid to host the 2030 World Expo in Busan. Yoon, who arrived in New York the previous [...]
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 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The public restrooms in New York City’s parks will no longer feature signs that inadvertently allude to comfort women, who were sexual victims exploited by the Japanese imperial military. The Korean American Association of Greater New York said that the city will stop using the term “Comfort Station” in [...]
NEW YORK, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — New York has returned to Italy 58 antiquities valued at nearly $19 million. The artifacts, illegally stolen from the Italian territory, were recovered thanks to the cooperation between the judicial authorities of New York and the Cultural Heritage Protection Command of the Italian Carabinieri. The Consul General in [...]
NEW YORK, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) — On Saturday morning in Central Park you will breathe a bit of Italy, with the third edition of the ‘Italy Run’, the 4-mile (6.5 km) marathon organized by the Consulate General of Italy with the contribution of the New York Road Runners (NYRR) and Ferrero North America. With [...]
SEOUL, May 5 (Korea Bizwire) — An experiential chamber has been set up in Manhattan, New York in which visitors can try out Korean culture in a virtual reality environment. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Korea Creative Content Agency on Tuesday (local time) held an opening ceremony for the “KOREA: Cubically Imagined” [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government plans to call formally on the New York City authorities to step up actions to counter a surge in crimes there against Asians in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, officials here said Tuesday. Chung Byung-hwa, South Korea’s consul general in New York, will meet [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korean traditional folk song “Arirang” will be heard in New York for 30 days starting on Monday (local time). The Cultural Heritage Administration and Korea Cultural Heritage Foundation, together with professor Seo Kyung-duk, an active promoter of South Korea, have paid to display a 30-second ad of “Arirang” [...]