SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – “Dokdo Bread” made by a baker in his 40’s is the talk of town in Pohang, a southeastern port city in South Korea. Kim Ki-seon, the baker, began baking the bread last year to protect Dokdo from Japan, after the news that Japan was making “Takeshima Bread.” With dough [...]
SAMCHEOK, Korea, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — A 5.9 meter long and 3.2 meter wide minke whale weighing 2 tons was found dead, stranded in a fishnet in the East Sea 19 kilometers from land in Wondeok-eup, Samcheok City, Kangwon-do on January 20. The whale was sold for 48 million won (US$ 44,138) on consignment. The minke [...]
POHANG, Korea, Jan. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – A giant squid was found on a Pohang beach in southeastern Korea, after presumably being washed up by big waves, according to Pohang Coast Guard station. The huge squid is 3.7 meters in length, has a circumference of 1.13 meters, and weighs about 100 kilograms. However, the squid [...]
![[Feature] Wall Painting That Can Revive a Neighborhood](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/editor.jpg "[Feature] Wall Painting That Can Revive a Neighborhood")
SEOUL, July 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Painting on the walls has become a national fad since a few years ago. Bleak urban neighborhoods get a makeover with bright paintings on the walls. Even villages in mountains or on the sea try to attract more visitors by putting on drawings on the walls. One of these wall paintings, [...]
DAEGU, Korea, Oct 19 (Korea Bizwire) – The 2013 Korea Intelligent Robot Contest, hosted by the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy, and the governments of North Gyeongsang Province and Pohang City, will be held for two days between October 19 and 20 at Pohang’s City Gymnasium. The event is sponsored by POSCO, the Korea [...]