 American Student in Busan Wins National Spelling Bee, Now Heading Home to Represent Korea 10 weeks 19 hours ago
 BUSAN, South Korea -- Hi! My name is Rishi Srinivasan and I am a seventh grader at the Busan International Foreign School (BIFS). I was born in Houston, Texas and completed my elementary...
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 Madame Tussauds Wax Figures Set to Wrap-up Nine Month Run in Busan 10 weeks 2 days ago
 BUSAN, South Korea -- Have you ever wondered if Bruce Lee’s outfits really fit that that tight, how Elvis got his fans all shook up with his blue eyes and what Madonna’s muscular legs would look like from up close?
Why not see for yourself as... |
 Saint Paddy`s Day Party Guide 2013 10 weeks 4 days ago
 BUSAN, South Korea -- March 17th is just around the corner, which means it’s once again time for the annual drunkfest that the annual commemoration of Patron Saint Patrick has become. Busan has its fair share of parties, and we've got you covered on where to go to celebrate this year....
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 2013 Busan International Performing Arts Festival: The 10 Minute Open Plays and BIPAF ZONE 11 weeks 3 days ago
BUSAN, South Korea -- The Busan International Performing Arts Festival Organizing Committee is accepting applications of “The 10 Minute Open Plays” and “BIPAF ZONE performing teams” for the 10th Busan International Performing Arts Festival (May 3-12, 2013).
BIPAF ZONE, located at Gwangalli Beach, has been operated for the citizens’ outdoor performance since 2012. To mark the 10th anniversary of the festival, BIPAF ZONE performance will be expanded with more citizens’... |
 Film Archive Special 2 Gets Underway Tuesday at the BCC 13 weeks 17 hours ago
BUSAN, South Korea -- The second Film Archive Special series gets underway Tuesday, February 26th at the Busan Cinema Center. The program will run for two weeks until March 14th, though there are no screenings on Mondays. Tickets cost 6,000 won for all or 4,000 won for members. For more information you can call 051) 780-6000 or check out their website at www.dureraum.org.
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 Art and Culture Converge on Shopping Street 14 weeks 2 days ago
BUSAN, South Korea -- On Seomyeon Street in Busanjin District, art and culture are alive. Duty-free shops, department stores and all kinds of restaurants are on offer at Busan’s No. 1 shopping street in Seomyeon.
Busan City has created a street where art and culture are alive. The 2.1-kilometer (1.3-mile) road from Seomyeon Judies Taehwa to Dongbo Plaza has changed from a neighborhood of steel and tool appliance shops into a shopping and cultural experience zone where young... |
 International Marriages on the Rise 14 weeks 5 days ago
BUSAN, South Korea -- The number of international marriages between Koreans and foreign nationals reached nearly 39,000 in 2012 according to Statistics Korea.
Since 2002, more than 320,000 international marriages have taken place in the country, with Chinese leading the way with approximately 130,000 marriages, while Japanese came second with 20,000 over a ten year period.
According to Kukinews, from 2004 to 2011, over the last seven years 18,715 Korean women divorced their... |
 Cine Concerto Open Cinema to Screen "Enchanted" 15 weeks 1 day ago
BUSAN, South Korea -- The Cine Concerto Open Cinema series has chosen the Disney classic "Enchanted" for its February screening. Enchanted is a 2007 American fantasy romantic comedy musical film focusing on Giselle, an archetypal Disney Princess, who is forced from her traditional animated world of Andalasia into the live-action world of New York City.
The film will be screened Monday, February 25th at 2 p.m. at the Busan Cinema Center.... |
 Culture and Sports Facilities to Remain Open During the Holidays 15 weeks 5 days ago
BUSAN, South Korea -- BEXCO, Busan Cinema Center, Busan Cultural Center, the Busan Museum of Art and other sports facilities will remain open during the Lunar New Year's holiday, which gets underway this Saturday until Monday.
The Busan Museum of Arts and the Busan Cinema Center will also remain open, continuing their schedules as normal.
The Busan City tour bus service will halt service on February 10th.
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 Korea Loses its Fastest Internet Title 15 weeks 6 days ago
BUSAN, South Korea -- The fastest peak Internet speed is no longer the pride of South Korea—that distinction now belongs to another Asian powerhouse—Hong Kong.
The South China Morning Post reported that the Hong Kong Internet eXchange is credited with making it cheaper for different internet service providers to share content, thus allowing the country to reach a peak speed of 54.1 megabits per second, the first country to crack the 50 barrier, while South Korea maxes out at... |
