SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean civic group Voluntary Agency Network of Korea (VANK) said Wednesday it had launched a website to promote “Jikji,” the world’s oldest existing metal-printed book, in the Italian language. The website provides an introduction to Jikji, South Korea’s cultural heritage, heroes of South Korea, Jikji in school curricula [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The Voluntary Agency Network of Korea (VANK), a South Korean civic group, said Sunday it has launched a website in the Vietnamese language to offer accurate information about South Korea to Vietnamese students, who account for a large share of the exchange students in South Korea. The website offers [...]
SEOUL, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The presidential office launched a new website Thursday to facilitate better communication with the public. The site, “People’s Suggestions,” will replace the “People’s Petitions” page used by the previous presidential office of Moon Jae-in. “It is a communication channel reflecting President Yoon Suk-yeol’s commitment to becoming a president who [...]
SEOUL, March 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The Voluntary Agency Network of Korea (VANK), a civic group promoting the country and its history online for an international audience, has launched an English website exposing the truth about Chinese efforts to distort the history of the Great Wall of China. The website, comprised of three sections, talks [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — A new website is going to teach the history of kimchi, its benefits, and Korea’s ‘kimjang’ or kimchi-making culture to Canadians. The Korean Cultural Center Canada recently set up an English website to teach and invite visitors to try out Korea’s kimchi-making culture. The website will be open until [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — A university student developed a website to make it easier for people to navigate a web of ever-changing social distancing rules on private gatherings. The creator, Kim Joon-tae, said he developed the website to reduce inconveniences coming from complicated rules on private gatherings that differ depending on time of [...]
SEOUL, March 5 (Korea Bizwire) — A state-run Korean language education center said Friday it has revamped its e-learning site into a web portal to offer comprehensive information on Korean culture. Nuri-Sejonghakdang now offers free access to content on Korea, including K-pop and Korean food, available both in Korean and English, the King Sejong Institute [...]
CHEONGJU, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — A website has opened to introduce “Jikji,” the world’s oldest existing metal-printed book, in multiple languages, a South Korean museum said Friday. The site provides detailed history and description of “Jikji” in 11 languages, including Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese, French and Spanish, according to the Cheongju Early Printing Museum. [...]
SEOUL, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Moves are afoot for generic drugs which have different names but are composed of the same ingredients and made by the same manufacturers to be identified at a single glance. The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety announced on Monday that it will start providing information on such generic [...]
CHEONGJU, July 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A website introducing “Jikji,” the world’s oldest existing metal-printed book, in multiple languages will go into operation later this year, a South Korean museum said Saturday. The book, written by Ven. Baegun about the Zen teachings of great Buddhist priests, was printed by his two disciples in 1377. In [...]