A Cruise of 600 Japanese Tourists Flow into Pohang

- The last destination of a Japanese cruise, ‘Nippon Maru’, brings Japanese tourists to Pohang on the 2nd. This year’s first Japanese cruise ship entered Youngil Port.The Japanese cruise, ‘Nippon Maru’, which first departed from Yokohama Port in Japan towards Kobe Port, passing by the ports of Mokpo and Gwangyang to finally e...

Pro-baseball Team ‘Pohang Samsung Lions’ Takes Off

- At the groundbreaking ceremony of the Pohang Baseball Stadium, an agreement was made to name the Samsung Lion’s farm team as the Pohang Samsung Lions.- Designated as the 2nd field of the Samsung Lions Major League Team, a minimum of 9 home games and more than half of the farm team games to be held in Pohang.From 2012, the S...

Run Along the Beautiful Coast of Pohang

“Enjoy the course of Pohang’s beach marathon where seagulls and blue waves roam.” The 10th Annual Pohang Beach Marathon for Unified Korea opens this March in Pohang City, with the course starting from Pohang Stadium. Hosted by the Pohang City Committee of National Unification Advisory Council and organized by the Pohang Spor...

The Dream English Camp with Native Speakers

- 3-day Schedule Started on the 14th.The Pohang Dream Start Center (President Gye-young Lee) started its 3-day English camp with an admission ceremony at Guryongpo Youth Training Center on the 14th. The English camp was organized for Dream Start children from low-income families so that they may learn and experience English a...

Pohang Museum of Steelart Inaugural Exhibit

- Pohang’s new cultural and arts site - 10,000 visitors since the inauguration of the museumThe Pohang Museum of Steelart, which opened the door to Pohang museums, is creating a success story amid much acclaim from recent visitors. Approximately 10,000 people visited the museum to see the “Blacksmith in the Neo Iron Age” exhi...

Homigot Haemaji on New Year’s morning

“Share great memories at “tiger’s tail” in the Year of the Tiger, 2010!” Pohang Homigot, famous for the blue East Sea and Haemaji (sunrise greeting), has changed. Since the 2000 Millennium Haemaji event, this famous site for watching the sunrise has attracted nearly 200,000 visitors every year. This year, a four-lane highway ...

Japanese High School Visits in Pohang

- POSCO, the Pohang Institute of Intelligent Robotics and Homigot as a course for school tripsThe Ryukoku High School from Okayama, Japan, visited Pohang on the 17th and was the first Japanese school group to visit Pohang. The group from Ryukoku High School included 59 boys, 18 girls, four teachers and five Japanese guides, m...

Pohang Museum of Steel Arts Opening Exhibition

Guide to Pohang Museum of Steel Arts Opening ExhibitionThe Pohang Museum of Steel Arts will open on December 22 after three years under construction. The theme of the opening exhibition is “Blacksmith in the Neo Iron Age” and there are four exhibits slated following that theme. The Pohang Museum of Steel Arts will take the le...

Pohang New Millennium Memorial Center Opens

The New Millennium Memorial Center is set to open on December 28 after three years under construction. The Pohang New Millennium Memorial Center is gathering great expectations as a new attraction in Homigot, Pohang. Construction work began in December 2006 and took three years to complete, concluding in October this year. Th...

Japanese tourists visit Pohang and show off singin

‘Korean Culture Class’ members from Fukuoka, Japan organized a cultural exchange event with Japanese students from Pohang City “We have learned the unique culture of Pohang and Korean songs,” said Korean Culture Class members from Fukuoka, Japan as they showed off their skills of singing Korean songs. 22 members of the Korea...