More than 2.5 million people were estimated to have been present at the event.
Busan was alive and kicking October 23rd at the Busan International Fireworks Festival. Starting out as the ‘Multi-media Marine Fireworks Festival’ which celebrated the APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting, it now celebrates its 6th anniversary under a new name.
Held in Gwangelli, an insanely impressive amount of pyrotechnics awed millions on the beachfront. Choreographed to music, the fireworks were works of art themselves as this year’s international theme. Along with wickedly cool laser art and flying fireworks birds that swooped and dived over the heads of the crowd, this festival was so good you should already be penciling it in on next year’s calendar.
Set with the Gwangan Bridge as a scenic backdrop, this festival is a must for those of you brave enough to duck and weave your way through the 2.5 or more million visitors. Getting there any later than four hours before the show pretty much guarantees no place to sit, so it’s well worth the effort to make a beach day out of it. To keep you occupied, two hours prior a concert of sorts is set to entertain, showcasing some of Busan’s best performers.
In all the festival shows nearly 130,000 fireworks, state-of-the-art laser lighting and music. Some displays awed, some enlightened, and some made you cry, but all in all, a definite must see next year.
Video of the finale:
More fireworks. Check it out around the 1.26 mark.
All, please update your calendars for the Indian Lake hike. We will meet at the trail head kiosk at 10:30 am. Thanks. The information is below.
We will meet at Indian Lake County Park on State Highway 19 on Saturday Oct 30, 2010 for a leisurely hike through the woods. If you don’t know where it is, please let me know. Lets plan to meet at the trail head (near the kiosk with park info) nearest the parking lot. We’ll take off shortly thereafter once everyone is accounted for. From the email responses, I’m not sure how many might bring sons /daughters. Frankly, I won’t be sure about Zach until the day comes. Kids who want to come are welcome and maybe we can see how many different kinds of leaves they can collect before the end of the hike.
As always, please pass this on to any dads in the group that I may not have on the email group that might be interested in joining us. If there are any questions or suggestions, please feel free to send them to the group. I look forward to seeing everyone that is able to attend.
It’s been a while since I uploaded a post here on Korean Insight. I apologize for the delay on updates. Lately, I have been focusing more on my other blog, or a “portal” concentrated on Korean online game sector.
Korea Game Watch began with the idea that there is a need for media that works as a bridge between Korean game developers and foreign publishers/distributors that want to export/import games abroad. Despite the huge popularity of Korean online MMORPGs and FPS in the global game market, there has not been a “total” media service that provides quick updates on Korean game industry to foreigners. For now, we are focusing more on our role as a news outlet (the site is in its beta stage now), but we plan to gradually expand our services in the upcoming future, providing services that incorporate professional insights and information. Some of the services we are preparing to launch include market research data, in-depth market analyses, feature articles, exclusive interviews with development studios, and a comprehensive overview and breakdown of game publishers and developers in Korea. Here is an introductory word of note from Korea Game Watch.
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Korea Game Watch captures the live images of Korean online games, their developers and the entire market for investors, companies and media overseas. This site also services professional market research and bridges business affiliation for clients outside Korea.
Since the success of Nexon’s “The Kingdom of the Wind” in 1996, Korea’s online game market has developed atop wide and solid Internet infrastructure. Thereupon, a spectrum of game genres, from MMORPG to web games, has been favored and feedbacked by a number of users. As a part of this rapid growth in game industry, a unique “e-Sports” culture has evolved, thanks to such foreign games as Starcraft. Especially, recent advancement in worldwide broadband system allows Korean online games stand unchallenged in global markets, especially in China and Japan.
Until recently, however, language barrier has blocked business entities abroad from gaining insights on Korea’s dynamic market, company information, connection with Korean developers or publishers, and communication on business promotion.
Korea Game Watch is now here to jump over those limits. Korea Game Watch will cooperate with potential partners in their market entries and participation in game conferences or events.
Some sample posts from Korea Game Watch that you might be interested in are:
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