SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) — On Thursday, KBS1TV’s upcoming documentary program, KBS Special, will feature the broad gap between trees in Seoul and trees in Paris. Trees in Seoul are often ugly and withering or deformed, but trees in cities in advanced countries such as Paris and London are healthy and beautiful. Why do [...]
SEJONG, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea will join the so-called Paris Club as the 21st member country this week, the finance ministry here said Thursday, a step that acknowledges the country’s transition into a creditor country. The membership will be endorsed at the Club’s meeting to celebrate its 60th anniversary on Friday in Paris, [...]
SEOUL, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea said Thursday that it has agreed, in principle, with France to increase the number of weekly passenger flights between Incheon and Paris to 14 from the current 12. The deal was reached in a meeting of aviation officials between the two countries in Paris earlier this week, [...]
PARIS, June 3 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean President Park Geun-hye pledged Thursday to further facilitate startups by young people from South Korea and France as Seoul seeks to expand trade and investments with the European country. She said the two countries are set to sign a cooperation deal on creative economy following her summit [...]
SEOUL, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Ten South Korean designers will open a pop-up store at a renowned concept store in Paris next month, a local design foundation said Tuesday. The Seoul Design Foundation said the store, named “Seoul’s 10Soul,” will open at L’eclaireur in Paris on June 22 and run for three weeks. The [...]
SEOUL, March 28 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s overseas language promotion institute will host special events starting in June that will help foreigners get acquainted with Korean culture, the government said Sunday. The cultural ministry said foreign learning centers run by the King Sejong Institute that specializes in teaching Hangul will carry out “Korean culture day” programs [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – A special event has been held in Paris, in which Korean traditional temple foods were introduced to the ambassadors of different countries. Under the theme ‘Korea’s Temple Food, Healthy Cuisine of the Globe’, one of the most prestigious experts in Korean temple food, monk Sunjae, cooked for the guests [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A Korean royal ancestral ritual music troupe will perform in Paris in the fall to help enhance European awareness of high-class Korean culture, organizers said Thursday. Jongmyo Jeryeak was designated to open a series of events celebrating the 130th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Korea and France on Sept. [...]