SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – In a bold move to blend art, technology, and urban renewal, Seoul’s Songpa District is set to break ground this month on a pioneering media art installation at Seokchon Lake, marking a first for South Korea’s public spaces. The project, named The Sphere, is part of an ambitious plan to [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Popular characters created by South Korea’s Sticky Monster Lab will become the new main characters of Seokchon Lake in Jamsil, Seoul. The Lotte Foundation for Arts, Lotte World Tower, and Songpa District Office will work with Sticky Monster Lab, a South Korean group of artists, to start the Lunar [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Seokchon Lake Park was where Florentijn Hofman’s giant Rubber Duck made its landing for a 10-day stay 2014, but something else landed Thursday, attracting hundreds of visitors that sought a glimpse of something out of the ordinary – a colossal Supermoon. Signaling the coming of Chuseok, the Korean Thanksgiving [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Dropping water levels at Seokchon Lake in Songpa District, Seoul, have been caused by the construction of Lotte World Tower, Korea’s tallest skyscraper, and work on subway Line 9 nearby. The Seoul Metropolitan Government revealed its research into the lake’s dropping water levels on August 6. According to the city, [...]
SEOUL, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) – An eco-friendly rubber duck that looks exactly like the one which was exhibited at Seokchon Lake in Seoul, gaining much popularity as an icon of “healing” last fall, is being displayed in downtown Seoul. The Citizens’ Movement for Environmental Justice, a civil advocacy group, announced that it would display the [...]
SEOUL, March 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Sinkholes, dropping water levels at the nearby Seokchon Lake and frequent safety accidents at Korea’s tallest skyscraper have raised questions about its safety. To dispel concerns over Lotte World Tower, which is scheduled to be completed by the end of next year, Lotte Group is contemplating the establishment of a [...]
SEOUL, March 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A famous rubber duck gained immense popularity in Korea between October and November 2014, but what happened to the giant pile of yellow polyvinyl that was nothing more than industrial waste? Lotte Department Store brought new life to the waste by ‘upcycling‘ the polyvinyl, in collaboration with design group [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Residents at the Lake Place apartment complex close to Seokchon Lake in Jamsil, Seoul changed the street name in their address from ‘Seokchon Lake Street’ into ‘Jamsil Street’, out of fear that the name ‘Seokchon’ might have a bad impact on housing prices. Seokchon Lake has been at the center of [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — A gigantic rubber duck plans to swim on Seokchon Lake in Seoul. A renowned Dutch installment artist Florentijn Hofman announced that the 54-foot-tall duck weighing one ton is going to stay in Seoul for a month from October 14 to November 14. He highlighted that the rubber duck visited [...]