Yeongju Insam Museum

Yeongju holds its 20th annual Punggi Insam Festival

영주풍기인삼축제
Korea is a major producer of ginseng.
Widely thought to possess a range of health benefits... there's growing demand for the superfood around the world.
One local government in Korea is looking to expand the reach of local producers.
Our Cha Sang-mi travelled to Yeongju to see how the city is looking to put itself on the map.
With many countries, including Korea and Japan, facing a rapidly aging society,... more and more people are looking for ways to grow old healthily.
Some turn to dietary health supplements, such as probiotics, acai berry, and milk thistle.
And topping the list - ginseng.

The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs reported that shipments of ginseng and ginseng related products went up nearly 42% on-year to over a billion U.S. dollars as of 2015.

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And to keep that interest growing, every year a local government holds this event -- the Yeongju Punggi Insam Festival -- to globalize the demand for ginseng in the harvest season.

Ginseng, or 'insam' as it's called in Korea, is used mainly in East Asian countries for various health purposes ranging from boosting the immune system to treating liver problems.

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Citizens of our province are known to live longer because of ginseng. And it's not just people -- even our livestock are healthier. This region didn't suffer from the MERS virus nor from avian influenza.

The local government arranges this event in Punggi, a small town in Yeongju, to promote its speciality, and there are many programs for visitors to participate in.
Ginseng digging is one of them.
Experts praise Korean ginseng, saying the medicinal herb contains more saponins, which help with anti-aging, anti-cancer, and lowering the blood pressure, than ginseng from other countries.

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We have a lot of visitors from abroad, especially from Vietnam, Hong Kong, the U.S. and Canada...

Local manufacturers have come up with a variety of products to make the health product attractive to a wider audience.

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There are hundreds of ginseng products. Our products range from ginseng jellies to ginseng extracts...

And with a harsh winter ahead, local producers say there's nothing better than a cup of ginseng tea to keep you warm.
Cha Sang-mi, Arirang News, Yeongju.


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59th Miryang Arirang Festival kicks off with exciting lineups on promoting the region's culture

제59회 밀양아리랑대축제 개최
Miryang, a city in the southeast of the country, is famous for its version of Korea's folk song Arirang and for its numerous heroes who fought for the country's independence.
And to remember the history and promote its culture, the region held its 59th Miryang Arirang Festival.
Our cultural correspondent Lee Ji-won files this report.
Against the backdrop of the Miryang-gang river and historical Yeongnamnu Pavilion, 14-hundred performers reenact epic stories of the heroes from their very own hometown of Miryang, in the southeast of Korea.
Miryang is where most of the nation's independence activists against Japan's colonial rule came from, including Yoon Se-ju, who sacrificed himself in a battle where he led about 3-thousand of Korea's volunteer fighters against the Imperial Japanese Army in 1942.



This multimedia show, titled 'Miryang River Odyssey' is only one of many performances and activities held at the 59th Miryang Arirang Festival, which kicked off on Thursday.
The four day event allows visitors to enjoy numerous regional cultural activities,... including a traditional Korean percussion parade.


It's really exciting, and I'm very honored to be part of the promotion of Miryang's culture.


I got to learn a lot about Miryang's culture as well. I'm also learning to play Korea's traditional instruments, and I wish to participate in the parade next time

Miryang is one of the three regions that developed their own versions of Korea's most renowned folk song Arirang. As such, a special musical featuring Arirang was organized for the first time this year, a performance conveying the joy and sorrow the region's independence activists had to go through.


The musical made me feel even more proud of being a Miryang resident, and I hope it makes many other people to not only reflect on history,... but also be thankful for where we stand on today.


Dubbed by the culture ministry as one of this year’s most anticipated festivals,… Miryang Arirang Festival aims at promoting the region’s culture and history,…and continuing its 59 year cultural legacy. Lee Ji-won, Arirang News, Miryang.



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How was death of division parallel 1,393 Km, which cross East and West Germany, covered with landmine, barbed-wire fence, and watchtower created to the Grünes Band? In Modlareuth was diveded in between a small brook, through boundary line, which has kept its original forms, and episode on division and unification from the Eckhart, activist, who took part in Mondays meeting, we sheds new lights on consevation value on border as one of a historical sites.

We also visit BUND, environmental organization, which led Grünes Band, and hear motive, process and meaning, and joint reasearch episode on East/West Germany led by Dr. Kai Forbel, ornithologists, and also hear from Dr. Liana Geidezis, director of bureau on support from government and local government administration, issue of green securities and its response, and motive to expand it to the Euro GrüneBands.
Visiting Point Alpha border museum, we see key to a success of Grünes Band project through historical remains such as mine dispenser map, a grief of east germans, and mitwitz environmental education center program which keeps borders' nature through enviornmental education, ecology management through raching at Vogtland in Sachsen as an exemaplary case, further Baltic Nature Park which has achived huge habitat of spruce by making use of local residents services.

Through Rhön,ecological village, and success of tourist industry and ecological egriculture in Schaalsee designated as UNESCO biosphere reserve, we present direction on how we can preserve transboundary area as humand and the nature co-exist.

With a start of sucess in Germany, Grünes Band project has spreaded over Europe. Through it, we find vision from experts ecological preservation and on peace which 60-year-division country, Korea, dream about.

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