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Busan whips up sea festival

The Busan Sea Festival is underway at Haeundae and five other beaches and also at the Busan Yachting Center. It will run through Aug. 9.

The festival consists of 40 programs including high-quality cultural performances. The opening ceremony features Korean celebrities and the Busan Municipal Art Troupe, who will join together to hold a large-scale concert along with a brilliant fireworks showcase lighting up the night sky over Haeundae Beach.

The event alsoconsists of various programs and cultural performances showing the city’s attractions. Programs include an international beach dance festival, a rock festival, an international beach skateboard competition, hip-hop and magic festivals and activities such as swimming, yachting and windsurfing.

Admission is free.

For information call 051- 888-3392~7 (Korean only) or KTO’s 02-1330 (English, Chinese, Japanese). Also visit https://seafestival.co.kr.

To get there, it takes three hours from Seoul Station to Busan by KTX. Take Busan Subway Station Line No.1 and transfer to Line No.2 at Seomyeon Station, get off at Haeundae Station and walk for 10 minutes.

Jochiwon peach festival

Jochiwon in South Chungcheong Province will host a peach festival this weekend, on Aug. 7 and 8.

FacebookTwitterThe festival will offer cooking shows with peaches, performances of folk plays, peach picking, a singing contest, a peach-eating competition and facial massages with peach seed oil.

The website is in Korean only. To log on go to https://www.peach.or.kr/ or contact KTO’s 1330 help line for more information.

Charity concert to save animals

A concert titled “One More Life” is being organized by the Coexistence of Animal Rights on Earth (CARE) and will be held at Hongdae University Rolling Hall on Saturday Aug.7 at 6 p.m.

CARE was established to protect animals worldwide, including Korea, and to educate the Korean public about the world’s animals. The website is in Korean only.

The organizers are especially looking for support from the foreign community. So do come and support this worthy cause while enjoying performances by singers and bands, and the dance troupe, Let’s Dance. You can also meet animal communicator Park Min-cheol.

To get there, take the Subway Line No. 6 and get off at Sangsu Subway Station, and go out exit 1. Once you exit the station, go straight for about 50 meters then turn right. HongDae Rolling Hall is next to a Family Mart.

The cost is 8,000 won at the door for adults and 6,000 won if under 14. Children under seven are allowed if accompanied by an adult.

For more information, contact https://www.fromcare.org or phone 02- 313- 8886.

English email g.moon@moonbears.org