SEOUL, April 1 (Korea Bizwire) — A famous cherry blossom street in Seoul’s Yeouido district will be open to the public from April 9-17, about a week later than planned, due to a delay in blooming, the ward office said Friday. The Yeouiseoro street, which was off limits during the cherry blossom season the past [...]
SEOUL, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) — A popular cherry blossom street in Seoul’s Yeouido district will welcome visitors during the blossoming season later this month, the first time in three years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, officials said Tuesday. The street in Yeongdeungpo Ward, one of the most well-known spots to enjoy the spring flower [...]
SEOUL, July 19 (Korea Bizwire) — After having been shut down since the rapid spread of COVID-19, the public outdoor smoking booths in the financial district of Yeouido in Seoul are open once again. Starting from Thursday afternoon, the Yeongdeungpo District Office, which has jurisdiction over Yeouido, resumed the operation of seven outdoor smoking booths [...]
SEOUL, July 16 (Korea Bizwire) — As the spread of COVID-19 is accelerating in Yeouido, a business district in Seoul that is home to many financial services companies, South Korean health authorities banned the use of outdoor smoking booths in this area until July 31. The move, however, is stoking controversy among some citizens who [...]
SEOUL, March 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s popular Bamdokkaebi Night Markets are back Friday after a winter hiatus. The first lineup of night markets will open at Yeouido, Banpo and Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP) on Friday, while two more markets will open the following day at Cheonggyecheon Stream and Plaza and Oil Tank Culture Park, the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — For many and for so long, South Korea may have been a must-visit place, as it remains the last front line of the Cold War where hundreds of thousands of troops confront each other along the heavily fortified military border. But witnessing the true reality of division had never [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government has unveiled 20 new places to visit that the city believes could be the next hot spots, including a part of Deoksugung Doldam-gil that has been closed to the public for over six decades. According to the new map released by the Seoul Metropolitan Government on [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The woman considered the world’s foremost expert on chimpanzees was in the National Assembly Meeting Hall Buildingyesterday to share her wide-ranging views on politics, global warming and pollution.1 At an event titled “Eco Talks”, Goodall sat down for a Q&A session with Ewha Women’s University professor Choi Jae Cheon before [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Hyundai Department Store Co. said Wednesday it will open Seoul’s largest outlet in a new skyscraper to be built in the financial district of Yeouido by 2020. Hyundai Department Store said it has been selected as a preferred bidder to build its latest shopping facility in the new skyscraper [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea is among the countries most affected by the Cold War. The decades that followed the Korean War, which split the Korean peninsula in two, were a time of tension, mistrust, and agitation in South Korea, and not only with the enemies to the north; South Koreans turned [...]