SEOUL, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) – The sacred spaces of the Jongmyo Shrine, where Korea’s ancient kings paid tribute to their royal ancestors, have undergone renovations and will reopen to the public with new exhibitions beginning May 17. Hyangdaecheong Hall and Mangmyoru Pavilion, integral to the Jongmyo Jerye royal ancestral rites, have been refurbished, offering visitors [...]
SEOUL, July 31 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean logistics firm had succeeded in transporting and shipping 28,000 tons of ultra-heavy plant equipment manufactured by a major energy company in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) through a Lego-like modular method. Starting from November last year, CJ Logistics Corp. has been engaged in the transportation and [...]
SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. has unveiled a miniaturized model of its first chip fab, Phase 1 (P1) fab, at the company’s Pyeongtaek plant in Gyeonggi Province made entirely of Lego blocks. The P1 fab is the world’s largest semiconductor production line. The creation of the Lego model is part of [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Pictures of various Lego models and Tou, a mud statue discovered at Gyeongju’s Wolseong Fortress, will be showcased in Denmark to celebrate the 60th anniversary of South Korea-Denmark relations. The Gyeongju National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage announced that a special exhibition starring Wolseong Fortress will open on Friday [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — A huge new installation made of miniature bricks illustrating the beauty of Jeju was put on display at the Jeju International Airport yesterday. Famous miniature bricks artists such as Kim Seong-wan and Gong Min-seok used a total of over 60,000 mini bricks to create the installation during a three-month [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Lego Korea Co., the local unit of the Danish toymaker, has launched a mobile application for kids here to provide a safe social networking platform for the tech-savvy generation, the company said Monday. The app, available in the Google Play Store and the Apple’s App Store, allows users to [...]
SEOUL, April 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Lotte Corporation and LEGO Korea are hosting a Lego festival until May 7 on the lawn of Lotte World Mall, where visitors can contribute to building a 12-meter tall “Lego flower.” Under the theme “Lego Becomes Flower,” participants can create their own Lego works to fill up the massive [...]
SOLIHULL, United Kingdom, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Land Rover has revealed the New Discovery seven-seat SUV by breaking a Guinness World Record for the largest LEGO structure ever built. A photo accompanying this announcement is available at http://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/4d374d62-1f31-4659-ae79-cd92580eb74c Long-term Land Rover Discovery owners Bear Grylls, Sir Ben Ainslie and Zara Phillips took part in [...]
SUNGNAM, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Frederic Andre (33), a LEGO designer, visited the Hyundai Department Store in Pangyo on October 11. He has a very unusual background. Having studied Japanese in France, Andre once worked at the French branch of a Japanese media company, but quit his job at the age of 25, feeling the need to [...]