SEOUL, Sept. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – A set of memorials will be installed in commemoration of last year’s deadly crowd crush in Seoul’s Itaewon district on the occasion of the tragedy’s first anniversary next month, bereaved families said Friday. The crowd crush killed 159 people, many of them women in their 20s, on a narrow, [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 29 (Korea Bizwire) –South Korean public broadcaster KBS is launching an “environmental entertainment” program to celebrate its 50th anniversary. It’s called “The Black Box on Earth,” and it’s set to premiere on October 9 on KBS2 TV. The show aims to be a blend of entertainment and documentary, all focused on raising awareness [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Royal palaces in Seoul will be open to the public for free during an extended Chuseok holiday from Thursday to Wednesday, the cultural heritage authorities said. Four palaces from the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) — Gyeongbok, Changdeok, Deoksu and Changgyeong — will open without a weekly break during the six-day [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — More than half of South Koreans were opposed to allowing people to bring their pets to national cemeteries despite the country’s growing population of dog and cat owners, a poll showed Thursday. In the poll of 1,005 adults aged between 19 and 69, 54 percent said they were opposed [...]
SUNCHEON, South Korea, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The Suncheonman International Garden Expo in the southwestern city of Suncheon will offer a variety of events and shows during the Chuseok holiday, including an arm-wrestling competition for mothers and free concerts, organizers said Thursday. The expo has been taking place in the city, 286 kilometers south [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The dance performance video for “How You Like That,” a 2020 hit single by K-pop girl group BLACKPINK, has surpassed 1.5 billion views on YouTube, the group’s agency said Wednesday. The choreography video hit the milestone Tuesday night, about three years and two months after it was uploaded on [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – The parliamentary Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee on Monday passed a resolution denouncing Japan for laying claims to South Korea’s easternmost islets of Dokdo and approving school textbooks containing such claims. The resolution had originally passed through the committee in June, but the committee decided to pass it again [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Dondeokjeon, a historic Western-style building in Seoul’s Deoksu Palace used as a royal guesthouse during the Korean Empire (1897-1910), will open to the public Tuesday after being reconstructed in its original shape, the Cultural Heritage Administration (CHA) said. The reconstruction was part of the agency’s broader plan to restore [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The founder and former chief producer of SM Entertainment, Lee Soo-man, is stepping up his environmental, social and governance (ESG) activities with a tree-planting project in Los Angeles. Lee will participate in the tree-planting event at Seoul International Park on Thursday (local time), according to music industry sources. He [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – Among apartment residents over the age of 60, close to 50 percent believe their life is more important than that of their children and grandchildren. On Sunday, Focus Media Korea, the operator of Elevator TV, unveiled the results of a survey of 229 elderly individuals over 60 residing in apartment [...]