SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Tours to the inter-Korean truce village of Panmunjom will resume in mid-July after months of suspension caused by COVID-19, Seoul’s unification ministry said Thursday. The tour program to the Joint Security Area in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas will restart from July 12, the ministry said [...]
SEOUL, May 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will resume issuing short-term travel visas and e-visas starting June 1, officials said Thursday, more than two years after suspending all new applications due to the pandemic. The justice ministry said the decision is aimed at bringing in more foreign tourists to boost domestic consumption and invigorate [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — In-person school classes will fully resume next week following the end of this year’s national college entrance exam, the education ministry said Friday. In line with the government’s “living with COVID-19″ scheme, all kindergartens, elementary, middle and high schools across the country will return to full-fledged in-person classes Monday [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean musical scene is elated with the resumption of onstage shows, which had been suspended for nearly two months due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, and the return of fans. Earlier, the South Korean health authorities slightly relaxed preventive guidelines at concert halls and theaters for performing [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — A group of major state-run cultural facilities in Seoul will reopen later this week, the culture ministry said Monday, amid signs of the third wave of the coronavirus slowing down. The ministry said 17 national cultural facilities in Seoul, including museums, art museums and theaters, will accept visitors starting [...]
SEOUL/PANMUNJOM, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Unification Minister Lee In-young called Wednesday for North Korea to restore severed cross-border communications lines and resume the operation of a now-destructed joint liaison office to bring the stalled inter-Korean relations back on track. Lee made the remarks in a speech at the opening ceremony for a tourism support [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Months after having been shut down due to a recent spike in COVID-19 cases, major state-run cultural facilities reopened to the public on Monday under strict distancing and sanitary measures. But their resumption seems quieter than expected as the country remains vigilant against the risk of a relapse in [...]
SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The popular nighttime tours of royal palaces in South Korea will resume next week, months after their suspension due to novel coronavirus fears, the cultural heritage authority said Saturday. The Gyeongbokgung Starlight Tour will start on Wednesday and go through June 8, while the Changdeokgung Moonlight Tour will open [...]
SEOUL, May 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Key national theaters and art companies are coming back to life to resume shows, ending their nearly two-month closure over the coronavirus pandemic. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced Wednesday that five national theaters — the National Theater of Korea, Jeongdong Theater, Myeongdong Theater, the Asia Culture [...]
SEOUL, May 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Ending an over-two-month closure due to the coronavirus outbreaks, South Korea will conditionally reopen state-run museums and libraries starting next week, the government said Friday. Starting Wednesday, 24 key national history and art museums, as well as libraries, across the country will reopen their doors to the public under [...]