SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art and Ho-Am Art Museum will reopen next month after closing last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the foundation that runs them said Monday. The Samsung Foundation of Culture said both facilities will reopen their doors on Oct. 8, more than 19 months after [...]
SEOUL, June 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Middle schools in the greater Seoul area are set to increase the portion of students attending in-person classes starting Monday ahead of the government’s plan to fully resume classes from the fall semester, according to educational officials. Under the plan, the cap on in-person attendance will increase from one-third [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The education ministry is looking at fully resuming in-person classes in the fall, an official said Wednesday, as online classes have been blamed for widening learning gaps between children. Currently, schools follow the government’s COVID-19 guidelines in determining how many students are allowed to learn in-person while the rest [...]
INCHEON, May 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Hundreds of bars in the western port city of Incheon will reopen their doors next week, defying a government order to shut down during COVID-19, an owners’ association said Thursday. Local authorities in the city, 40 kilometers west of Seoul, reimposed a sweeping ban on entertainment establishments, including bars [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Nightclubs and bars in Seoul reopened Monday night after a three-month hiatus caused by the coronavirus, but few people appeared to have ventured out, leaving most establishments and streets nearly empty. In Gangnam, the famous district known for its stylish nightclubs, a 38-year-old bar owner surnamed Kim said he [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Cafes and gyms in the capital area resumed normal business on Monday after the government partially eased COVID-19 restrictions in a move met with both delight and skepticism. The new guidelines, which will be in effect for two weeks until Jan. 31, allow coffee shops to offer dining in [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A western border hiking trail along the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two Korea will reopen to the public later this month after more than a year of closure due to the outbreak of African swine fever. The hiking trail in Paju, about 30 kilometers northwest of Seoul, will [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Cram schools, buffet restaurants and gyms bustled with activity Monday as the government adjusted its coronavirus restrictions to the lowest tier — Level 1. The government announced Sunday that with falling new infections, 10 types of “high-risk” facilities would be allowed to reopen, including various bars, karaoke rooms, large [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Government-run cultural facilities throughout the country will reopen next week after having been shut down for over a month following a new wave of COVID-19 infections across the country, officials said Friday. The culture ministry said 23 museums and libraries, including the National Museum of Korea, the National Museum [...]
BEIJING, July 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s leading cinema chain CGV reopened in parts of China Monday, as the country allowed movie theaters to resume operation after six months of closure amid the slowdown of the new coronavirus. CGV resumed business at 21 branches in 12 Chinese cities, including Shanghai, Hangzhou, Guangzhou, Nanjing and [...]