SEOUL, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Kenkoku Junior High School, part of the Baekdu Hagwon in Osaka, a Korean school for Korean Japanese students, announced on Tuesday that it will host the 2023 International Yun Dong-ju Poetry Recitation Contest. The contest aims to promote the poetry of prominent Korean poet Yun Dong-ju (1917-1945), who spread [...]
SEOUL, June 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Sales of fiction and poetry books at Yes24, a leading online bookstore, have continued to grow this year, as people spend more time at home amid the coronavirus pandemic, the company said Tuesday. The sales volume of novels, poetry and dramas have risen 8.3 percent year-on-year so far this [...]
OKCHEON, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – A literature vending machine has been set up to help citizens easily find poems like masterpieces by poet Jeong Ji-yong, a master of modern Korean poetry. The vending machine, introduced at Jeong Ji-yong Memorial Hall in Okcheon County, North Chungcheong Province, stores about 50 poems written by him. Users can press a [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Ubiquitous but mundane electrical infrastructure such as utility poles and electrical enclosures (cabinets) are getting makeovers with writing and paintings to help improve urban landscapes. The Busan and Ulsan regional office of the Korea Electric Power Corporation announced Monday that their urban-friendly electricity equipment project called “Kkot-bot-dae” – an [...]