INCHEON, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) — An abandoned school on Ganghwa Island in Incheon, west of Seoul, will be transformed into an astronomical observation facility. The Ganghwa county office on Monday announced a plan to spend 10 billion won (US$7.56 million) on remodeling an abandoned two-story elementary school building with a floor space of 1,420 [...]
NAMHAE, Oct. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — A new observatory has been built in Namhae County, South Gyeongsang Province, where visitors can enjoy views of Dado Beach and a coastal cliff that stretches down 30 meters below. Namhae County has invested 8.3 billion won (US$7.1 million) and recently completed a construction of a skywalk. The observatory [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Incheon’s Ganghwa County, comprising many border islands, west of Seoul, said Thursday it will build its second observatory to overlook North Korea to boost its peace tourism. The new observatory will be built in the form of a skywalk on top of the 242-meter-high Mount Hwagae in the county’s [...]
PAJU, South Korea, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – The city of Paju north of Seoul plans to relocate the observatory at Dorasan Station, South Korea’s northernmost station, to another site offering a better view of North Korea by the end of next year, the municipality said Tuesday. The Paju municipality has pushed ahead with the [...]