Korea Joongang Daily
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Incheon Int'l Airport to get $767 million makeover

Incheon International Airport will undergo a $766.62 million renovation of Terminal 1, which has been operational for 23 years. The upgrade aims to enhance aging infrastructure and ensure passenger safety.

2023-09-13

Asiana Airlines restores its refurbished cargo aircraft back to passenger planes

Asiana Airlines restored all seven of its refurbished cargo aircraft back to passenger aircraft. The airline announced on Monday that it completed reinstalling 260 economy seats in the last A330 aircraft that was refurbished into a cargo plane...

2023-01-16

Rebirth of the square

The Seoul government must come up with specific and reasonable guidelines on staging assemblies on the Gwanghwamun Square.

2022-08-08

Refurbished stores prove successful for Homeplus

Homeplus announced Tuesday that sales increased by about 46 percent on-year at seven newly refurbished stores in the greater Seoul area in the month after they reopened earlier this year.

2022-03-25

Need help installing that new bathtub? Get in line.

Finding a handyman to work on your house is close to impossible these days as Koreans splurge on home renovation, leaving companies rushing to train their own specialists.

2021-06-16

Popular palace pathway gets a makeover

The pathway behind Deoksu Palace and east of the U.S. diplomatic residence in Seoul is getting a makeover as of Monday. “The path in question is located behind Deosku Palace, which is lined on either side with low stone walls that makes it a...

2021-03-15

Teo Yang brings the outside in, and Silla up close and personal

The Silla History Exhibition at the Gyeongju National Museum in North Gyeongsang finally reopened in December after a complete renovation which took three years, embracing visitors with the grace and majesty of the thousand-year history of the ...

2021-03-11

Demolition underway

Workers demolish the pavement in Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul on Sunday. Seoul city government embarked on renovations for a wider plaza and fewer lanes of traffic in the area.

2020-11-29

Reimagining of Gwanghwamun Square continues

Construction on Gwanghwamun Square will commence next month as the Seoul city government tries to turn it into something more like a park and less like a traffic island. “The roads on the east side of the square will be changed in a stage-by...

2020-09-27

Kukje reopens its newly renovated space with Choi Wook-kyung exhibition

Kukje Gallery was already renowned for its stunning exhibitions featuring works by world-famous artists, but if that wasn't reason enough to visit, the renovation of Kukje Gallery’s Samcheong-dong branch in central Seoul should be enough to...

2020-06-28