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Pohang City lights up with fireworks and drama
With cool waves, fireworks and sizzling performances on the beach, Pohang City seems to have the perfect way to spend a hot summer night. Here are two exciting events coming up in this industrial city on the coast of Gyeongsangbuk-do (North Gyeongsang Province).
2009 Pohang International Fireworks Festival
The 2009 Pohang International Fireworks Festival, in its sixth year, will open this weekend (July 25-26) with a giant fireworks display and music at Northern Beach, Hyeongsan River Sports Park and other nearby areas. A ceremony will take place prior to the festival on Friday night with a big beach concert featuring local singers.
The first fireworks will take place at 8:40 p.m. on Saturday and last for nearly an hour. Four pyrotechnics teams, two from France and two local teams are to fill the night sky with their firework arts. Each show will be accompanied by the songs and music from Pohang City Chorus Team and Pohang Wind Orchestra, made up of 200 members. Other major events include a light parade and additional mini fireworks shows. Many Japanese tourists have also been turning up to see the fireworks over the past few years.
Apart from that, you can ride on a navy vessel, take a city tour, take part in a photo contest and more. Starting from 9 a.m. Sunday there will be a dragon boat racing competition with the participation of 800 contestants from 47 teams. At 6 p.m. Pohang will launch a commemorative ceremony to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the region's promotion to the status of city.
The highlight will include a 300-meter long Niagara fireworks, giant fire flower and fire-letters reading “I love Pohang” shooting through the night sky.
Pohang Bada International Theater Festival
Now celebrating its ninth year, the Pohang Bada International Theater Festival (July 26 to August 4) will take place on the outdoor stage of Hwanho Sunrise Peak Park and at Pohang Arts Center.
As the only international art festival in Pohang, the city this year has invited four performance teams from abroad and 15 from home, featuring some 20 plays.
The festival will open with Romio & juliet by Moscow's Moon Theater, followed by a series of other Shakespearean dramas and monologues from local theater groups.
The Moon Theater's Romeo and Juliet won the prize for Best Performance at Cairo International Festival for Experimental Theater in 2006, and is likely to attract many viewers on the beach as it has cut out much of the dialogue and expressed almost everything through movements, making subtitles almost unnecessary. It also helps that most people are already familiar with the story.
Fair & Festival in Incheon: 80 days of future-themed fun
It's a global city festival, a conference on green growth, a multimedia show, a world robot display, a global wine festival, a collection of traditional cuisine, a giant concert, a kite flying competition and more, all combined into one. The Incheon Global Fair & Festival (Aug. 7 – Oct. 25) has just kicked off, and will present the vision of future cities for the next 80 days.
With the participation of a total of 137 cities -- 105 from abroad and 32 from home -- the grand fair seeks to provide a desirable model of a future city, filled with diverse culture and state-of-the-art technology under the theme “Lightening Tomorrow.” This festival, the first of its kind, has prepared a total of 68 programs made up of exhibitions, events and conferences, and hopes to attract about 7 million tourists from around Korea and overseas.
The festivities will take place at Incheon's Songdo City, which was designated the first Economic Free Zone in Korea in 2003. The area includes Songdo's Central Park, Tomorrow City and Songdo Convensia.
Planning of new city types
As the whole theme of the festival revolves around “City,” corporate displays and business fairs are another big part of the general event.
In the exhibition sector, the Urban Planning Pavilion will present the history and development of well-known cities around the world. The Corporate Pavilion will showcase the work of some of the major construction groups in Korea including Hyundai, Daewoo and POSCO. This will include displays of their designs of a future city. The Robot Science Pavilion will update visitors on the latest in robotics technology, and related companies will have booths nearby. The Green Growth Pavilion will present ways to counter climate change.
The World Culture Street will be adorned with symbolic sculptures, cultural heritage and other paraphernalia that represents the respective countries.
Big name scholars for big conferences
Secretary-General Ban will also be a key speaker at the opening ceremony of the Global Environment Forum 2009 (Aug. 11 and 12), attended by some 1,000 officials from government, research centers and NGO groups. The conference will actively discuss strategies for low carbon green growth, for the sustainable development of the earth's environment.
The World City Water forum 2009 (Aug. 18-21), which will look into the increase in water shortages due to climate change, will discuss the kinds of disasters that are likely to occur in the future and focus on preventive measures. Some 5,000 attendees from 50 nations are scheduled to attend this forum.
The Asia Pacific Cities Summit (Sept. 15 to 17) will bring together leaders of 130 cities from the Asia Pacific region in one place to exchange their experience and wisdom regarding the creative development of cities.
Other big conferences, such as the 2009 u-City International Conference (Aug. 27 to 28), International Telecommunications Energy Conference (Oct. 18 to 22) and other meetings are expected to attract just as many participants.
Fun and events galore
The opening ceremony for the global fair took place on the Bi-ryu performing stage at 10 a.m., with exactly 2,009 Narae kites flying, carrying the wishes of children around the world. Girls' Generation and other Korean pop idol singers roused the city with a special concert that night.
Throughout the festival there will be music concerts held every weekend. Maestro Chung Myung-hoon and his orchestra will be the first to give a performance on August 8. Other top-rated local musicians will follow with their prowess in classics, hip hop, rock and ballad.
The World Robot Game Festival, much anticipated by young children will take place over three days from August 7 to 9, followed by the World Robot Soccer Game from August 18 to 20.
Other sports-related events are Korea Open-International Taekwondo Competition (Aug. 18 to 22), Incheon Bridge International Marathon 2009 (Oct. 11) and the Incheon Bridge 90-hour Walk (Oct. 17).
Things to see & eat
There is a giant outdoor screen in the plaza measuring 22 meters wide and 12 meters high that shows clear, high-quality 3-D images advertising the festival.
Throughout the festival the Multimedia Water Show at Michuhol Fountain will shine high with its cutting-edge system composed of hollo-screen and sphere vision, shown for the first time in Korea. It includes audio, laser arts, videos and fireworks.
The World's City Booth will showcase Asia's biggest diorama made of Lego and present a drama completely acted out by robots.
A Gulliver Teddy Bear, 10 meters wide, 2 meters high and 2.3 meters wide will be at the World Culture Street together with a regular performance of a puppet show from Vietnam. Also at the main stadium there will a giant wooden horse as big as the Trojan Horse constructed in Turkey's northwestern city of Canakkale.
The Tomorrow City will proudly present a zoo made up of robot animals and other future technology.
Getting to Incheon
The Incheon Global Fair and Festival will be open every day from 9:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. until Sept. 20. From Sept. 21 to the end of the festival on Oct. 25, the Fair will be opened till 8 p.m. except on weekends, when late closing will continue.
The nearest branch of Shinhan Bank. It's 15,000 won for adults, (Group discount: 12,000 won for 30 or more people), 11,000 won for youths aged 13 to 18 and 8,000 won for children aged 4 to 12.
For those who plan to purchase tickets at the gate, it's 18,000 won for adults (group discount: 14,000 won), 13,000 won for youths and 10,000 won for children.
For more details on Incheon Global Fair, call 1666-2009. Japanese and Spanish-speaking guides are available from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., English is available until from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Chinese from 3:30 to 10 p.m. For other free interpreting services, you can also dial Korea Travel Phone on 1330 (English, Japanese and Chinese).
With cool waves, fireworks and sizzling performances on the beach, Pohang City seems to have the perfect way to spend a hot summer night. Here are two exciting events coming up in this industrial city on the coast of Gyeongsangbuk-do (North Gyeongsang Province).
2009 Pohang International Fireworks Festival
The 2009 Pohang International Fireworks Festival, in its sixth year, will open this weekend (July 25-26) with a giant fireworks display and music at Northern Beach, Hyeongsan River Sports Park and other nearby areas. A ceremony will take place prior to the festival on Friday night with a big beach concert featuring local singers.The first fireworks will take place at 8:40 p.m. on Saturday and last for nearly an hour. Four pyrotechnics teams, two from France and two local teams are to fill the night sky with their firework arts. Each show will be accompanied by the songs and music from Pohang City Chorus Team and Pohang Wind Orchestra, made up of 200 members. Other major events include a light parade and additional mini fireworks shows. Many Japanese tourists have also been turning up to see the fireworks over the past few years.
Apart from that, you can ride on a navy vessel, take a city tour, take part in a photo contest and more. Starting from 9 a.m. Sunday there will be a dragon boat racing competition with the participation of 800 contestants from 47 teams. At 6 p.m. Pohang will launch a commemorative ceremony to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the region's promotion to the status of city.
The highlight will include a 300-meter long Niagara fireworks, giant fire flower and fire-letters reading “I love Pohang” shooting through the night sky.
Pohang Bada International Theater Festival
Romeo and Juliet
As the only international art festival in Pohang, the city this year has invited four performance teams from abroad and 15 from home, featuring some 20 plays.
The festival will open with Romio & juliet by Moscow's Moon Theater, followed by a series of other Shakespearean dramas and monologues from local theater groups.
The Moon Theater's Romeo and Juliet won the prize for Best Performance at Cairo International Festival for Experimental Theater in 2006, and is likely to attract many viewers on the beach as it has cut out much of the dialogue and expressed almost everything through movements, making subtitles almost unnecessary. It also helps that most people are already familiar with the story.
Fair & Festival in Incheon: 80 days of future-themed fun
It's a global city festival, a conference on green growth, a multimedia show, a world robot display, a global wine festival, a collection of traditional cuisine, a giant concert, a kite flying competition and more, all combined into one. The Incheon Global Fair & Festival (Aug. 7 – Oct. 25) has just kicked off, and will present the vision of future cities for the next 80 days.
With the participation of a total of 137 cities -- 105 from abroad and 32 from home -- the grand fair seeks to provide a desirable model of a future city, filled with diverse culture and state-of-the-art technology under the theme “Lightening Tomorrow.” This festival, the first of its kind, has prepared a total of 68 programs made up of exhibitions, events and conferences, and hopes to attract about 7 million tourists from around Korea and overseas.
The festivities will take place at Incheon's Songdo City, which was designated the first Economic Free Zone in Korea in 2003. The area includes Songdo's Central Park, Tomorrow City and Songdo Convensia.
Planning of new city types
As the whole theme of the festival revolves around “City,” corporate displays and business fairs are another big part of the general event.
In the exhibition sector, the Urban Planning Pavilion will present the history and development of well-known cities around the world. The Corporate Pavilion will showcase the work of some of the major construction groups in Korea including Hyundai, Daewoo and POSCO. This will include displays of their designs of a future city. The Robot Science Pavilion will update visitors on the latest in robotics technology, and related companies will have booths nearby. The Green Growth Pavilion will present ways to counter climate change.
The World Culture Street will be adorned with symbolic sculptures, cultural heritage and other paraphernalia that represents the respective countries.
Big name scholars for big conferences
Secretary-General Ban will also be a key speaker at the opening ceremony of the Global Environment Forum 2009 (Aug. 11 and 12), attended by some 1,000 officials from government, research centers and NGO groups. The conference will actively discuss strategies for low carbon green growth, for the sustainable development of the earth's environment.
The World City Water forum 2009 (Aug. 18-21), which will look into the increase in water shortages due to climate change, will discuss the kinds of disasters that are likely to occur in the future and focus on preventive measures. Some 5,000 attendees from 50 nations are scheduled to attend this forum.
The Asia Pacific Cities Summit (Sept. 15 to 17) will bring together leaders of 130 cities from the Asia Pacific region in one place to exchange their experience and wisdom regarding the creative development of cities.
Other big conferences, such as the 2009 u-City International Conference (Aug. 27 to 28), International Telecommunications Energy Conference (Oct. 18 to 22) and other meetings are expected to attract just as many participants.
Fun and events galore
The opening ceremony for the global fair took place on the Bi-ryu performing stage at 10 a.m., with exactly 2,009 Narae kites flying, carrying the wishes of children around the world. Girls' Generation and other Korean pop idol singers roused the city with a special concert that night.
Throughout the festival there will be music concerts held every weekend. Maestro Chung Myung-hoon and his orchestra will be the first to give a performance on August 8. Other top-rated local musicians will follow with their prowess in classics, hip hop, rock and ballad.
The World Robot Game Festival, much anticipated by young children will take place over three days from August 7 to 9, followed by the World Robot Soccer Game from August 18 to 20.
Other sports-related events are Korea Open-International Taekwondo Competition (Aug. 18 to 22), Incheon Bridge International Marathon 2009 (Oct. 11) and the Incheon Bridge 90-hour Walk (Oct. 17).
Things to see & eat
There is a giant outdoor screen in the plaza measuring 22 meters wide and 12 meters high that shows clear, high-quality 3-D images advertising the festival.
Throughout the festival the Multimedia Water Show at Michuhol Fountain will shine high with its cutting-edge system composed of hollo-screen and sphere vision, shown for the first time in Korea. It includes audio, laser arts, videos and fireworks.
The World's City Booth will showcase Asia's biggest diorama made of Lego and present a drama completely acted out by robots.
A Gulliver Teddy Bear, 10 meters wide, 2 meters high and 2.3 meters wide will be at the World Culture Street together with a regular performance of a puppet show from Vietnam. Also at the main stadium there will a giant wooden horse as big as the Trojan Horse constructed in Turkey's northwestern city of Canakkale.
The Tomorrow City will proudly present a zoo made up of robot animals and other future technology.
Getting to Incheon
The Incheon Global Fair and Festival will be open every day from 9:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. until Sept. 20. From Sept. 21 to the end of the festival on Oct. 25, the Fair will be opened till 8 p.m. except on weekends, when late closing will continue.The nearest branch of Shinhan Bank. It's 15,000 won for adults, (Group discount: 12,000 won for 30 or more people), 11,000 won for youths aged 13 to 18 and 8,000 won for children aged 4 to 12.
For those who plan to purchase tickets at the gate, it's 18,000 won for adults (group discount: 14,000 won), 13,000 won for youths and 10,000 won for children.
For more details on Incheon Global Fair, call 1666-2009. Japanese and Spanish-speaking guides are available from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., English is available until from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Chinese from 3:30 to 10 p.m. For other free interpreting services, you can also dial Korea Travel Phone on 1330 (English, Japanese and Chinese).
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