Attracting interest of visitors and tourists, the 11th 7080 Chungjang Recollection Festival will be held in the Gwangju Metropolitan City, the major city in southwestern region of Korea, for 5 days from October 8 to October 12, 2014. Under the theme of ‘Recollection and Soaring Growth’, the unique p

Without the noble sacrifices made by the chivalrous soldiers of your esteemed country during the Korean War (1950-3), there would be no Republic of Korea (ROK) today as we should have fallen under the control of the North Korean regime.The most decisive battle broke out at Dabudong in the Chilgok Co

Goyang City is working hard to promote the “Goyang Global Economic Network” in a bid to accelerate its development in various fields.In November 2011, Choi Sung, mayor of Goyang, a major city of over 1 million inhabitants, toured North/Latin America. He discussed with administrators of Harvard Unive

Mayor Choi Sung of the Goyang City is making an all-out-effort to turn Goyang into a ‘City of Warm-hearted people,’ which is noted for a residence-centered city, warm welfare and education, creative culture and art, environment-friendly, gree and peaceful surroundings and self-sufficiency and satisf

Event attracts 430,000 people including foreigners Highest amounts of export contracts signed during Int’l Horticulture Goyang Korea 2014The International Horticulture Goyang Korea 2014, which featured new flower species and flower planting technology, took place at Ilsan Lake Park in Goyang-si, Gye

Ambassador Manuel Lopez Trigo of Costa Rica and over 30 other ambassadors and senior members of the Diplomatic Corps in Korea attended the Opening Ceremony of the 16th Bonghwa Euneo (Sweetfish) Festival on July 31, 2014 at the Government Office of the Bonghwa Country some 152 miles southeast of Seou

Located at the gateway of western part of Seoul, the Magok Industrial City is a knowledge-based advanced industrial complex combined with international business complex in the Seoul metropolitan region. The future-oriented eco-friendly industrial and business complex project is designed as part of t

The Chilgok County of the Gyeongsangbuk-do Province, 175 miles southeast of Seoul, hosts the 2nd Nakdong River World Peace Culture Festival in a 4-day run on Sept. 25-28, 2014 in memory of the Battle of Dabudong in the Chilgok County north of the Daegu Metropolitan City.The Festival is in memory and

Mayor Park No-wook of the Bonghwa County of Gyeongsangbuk-do, some 152 miles southeast of Seoul, hosts the 2014 Euneo (Sweetfish) Festival on the bank of the crystal-clear Naeseong-cheon River for an eight-day run?staring on July 26, 2014 and ending on August 2. ▲Catching Sweetfish with bare handsTh

Dear 106,000 citizens of the Yangpyeong County! My warmest greetings! I always respect you and love you all!I am inaugurated as the 7th-term Mayor of the Yangpyeong County thanks to your valuable selection of me at the June-4 local elections.▲Mayor Kim Sun-kyoFirst of all, I would like to express my

Over 40 mission chiefs and other senior members of the Seoul Diplomatic Corps (SDC) attended the Opening Ceremony of the 3rd Hwacheon World Peace and Security Literature Festival at the Hwacheon Community Welfare Center on June 6, 2014 to console the souls of the fallen youths of the Republic of Kor

The Hwacheon County of Gangwon Province, 79 miles northeast of Seoul, hosts the 3rd World Peace and Security Culture Festival at the Hwacheon Peace Bell Park, the Fish Island, the Culture and Art Center and the Hwacheon Sports Center for three days on June 6-8, 2014. ▲Famed traditional Korean Culina

The Hwacheon County of Gangwon Province, 79 miles northeast of Seoul, hosts the 3rd World Peace and Security Culture Festival at the Hwacheon Peace Bell Park, the Fish Island, the Culture and Art Center and the Hwacheon Sports Center for three days on June 6-8, 2014. ▲Famed traditional Korean Culina

At the Yeongam County of Jeollanamdo on April 5, 2014, ambassadors of the Slovak Republic, Uruguay, Sri Lanka, Costa Rica, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Timor Leste, Turkey and Venezuela and the deputy head of mission of Vietnam, with their spouses, were the important foreign envoys accompanying ‘King Geunchog

On the occasion of the 2014 Dangjin Gijisi Tug-of-War Culture FestivalAmbassadors of Sri Lanka, the Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Cote d’Ivoire, Tunisia, Guatemala, Colombia, Turkey, Poland, Serbia (CDA) and El Salvador (CDA) and other senior diplomats of Ukraine, the Lao Republic, Jordan and Viet

The Dangjin City, one and half hour’s run from Seoul, hosts the world’s largest tug-of-war festival for four days on April 11-14, 2014 with the participation of a total of over 300,000 visitors from all parts of the Republic of Korea and various foreign countries.Origin of the Dangjin Gijisi Tug-of-

Ambassadors of Slovakia, Chile, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Vietnam, Turkey and Austria, visited the Gwangyang City of Jeollanam-do, mostly accompanied by their spouses, on March 22, 2014 to attend the 17th Gwangyang International Apricot Culture Festival. (List of visitors at the end of this article.) ▲Mayo

A 530,799-square-meter city urban park, a landmark project of Busan municipality, is scheduled to open before the end of the first half of 2014 at the latest after three years of construction works.It was in August 2011 that ground was broken for the construction of the Busan Grand Park located at t

Located in a blessed region with vast agricultural plains and the sea, Dangjin City of Mayor Lee Cheol-Hwan produces the largest quantity of rice and other agricultural products in Korea and it serves as a transportation hub with the port, railway and an expressway that allows transport to the Seoul

The Ansan City is hosting the 10th annual Ansan International Street Festival 2014 at the Ansan Arts Center in Ansan City on the southern outskirts of Seoul on May 3-5, 2014 for three days from Saturday through Monday.Held on the theme of “Happy Encounter on the Street,” the Festival has many intere