SEOUL, June 10 (Korea Bizwire) — A former U.S. Forces Korea base site near the office of President Yoon Suk-yeol opened as a public park on a trial basis on Friday, drawing crowds of people trying to get a first-hand look at the site that had been off limits to ordinary citizens for the past [...]
SEOUL, June 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The land ministry said Thursday it plans to temporarily open to the public part of the site for an envisioned national park near the presidential office in central Seoul starting next week. Part of the site in Yongsan — once used as a garrison for the U.S. Forces Korea [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — This year’s Seoul International Book Fair (SIBF) will kick off next month to guide book lovers through the latest news and trends in the publishing industry at home and abroad, its organizers said Thursday. The SIBF 2022, the country’s biggest annual book fair, is set to run from June [...]
SEOUL, May 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Cheong Wa Dae was flooded with thousands of visitors Tuesday morning, the first day the former presidential office and residence fully opened to the public after new President Yoon Suk-yeol relocated the top office. Following an opening ceremony, more than 6,000 people entered the compound in central Seoul at [...]
SEOUL, April 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The presidential compound of Cheong Wa Dae will open to the public at noon on May 10, immediately after President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol’s inauguration ceremony, in line with Yoon’s promise to return the compound to the people, officials said Monday. Visits can be booked in advance online starting Wednesday at [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul will reopen in July after completing over 1 1/2 years of renovation that will more than double the total area, including tripling the space for trees and other plants, the city government said Tuesday. The square, located in front of the royal Gyeongbok Palace [...]
SEOUL, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean multiplex operators have launched drive-in theaters as a way to attract more people back to cinemas, hit hard by the protracted novel coronavirus pandemic. Lotte Cinema, one of the three leading cinema chains in the country, opened the Drive Osiria theater on June 10 at the Osiria [...]
SEOUL, March 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean schools opened for the new school year Tuesday amid a mix of anxiety and hopes, as the country is still fighting against the third wave of the pandemic, but much-anticipated vaccinations have finally begun. The Ministry of Education has said it would expand in-person classes this year, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s longest walking trail linking the southeastern port city of Busan with the southwestern county of Haenam via the scenic southern coast was opened to the public Saturday. The new footpath, named the Namparang (south wave) Trail, runs 1,470 kilometers from Oryukdo Sunrise Park in Busan, 453 km [...]
SEJONG, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The Sejong National Arboretum, the nation’s first urban arboretum located in the center of the central administrative city, was opened to the public on Saturday after eight years of project preparation and construction. The 65-hectare arboretum in Sejong, about 120 kilometers south of Seoul, is South Korea’s third national [...]