SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – South Koreans take free Wi-Fi access available in public places for granted, but it was the most impressive experience for foreigners visiting Asia’s tech powerhouse, a survey showed Thursday. According to the poll conducted by Cosmo Jin Travel R&D Institute on 706 foreign travelers between June and July, 55 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Nearly 6 million Chinese travelers visited South Korea last year, creating an economic ripple effect worth 27.66 trillion won (US$25.28 billion), up three times over the past four years, a report said Wednesday. A total of 5.98 million Chinese nationals visited South Korea in 2015, growing an average of [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent survey revealed that Pokémon Go would be the dominant summer holiday pastime among Korean millennials, assuring that the game’s hype stays strong. Hotels.com Korea, an online hotel reservation platform, surveyed 500 millennials (born between the early 1980s and 2000s), 75 percent of whom replied that they will [...]
SUWON, Aug. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Suwon has introduced “Flying Suwon”, a helium-filled balloon that gives citizens a bird’s eye persepective of the city, including stunning views of the UNESCO World Heritage Hwaseong Fortress from the air. Hwaseong Fortress was built in the Joseon dynasty between 1794 to 1796 by King Jeongno to honor his father, [...]
JEJU, Aug. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Visitors to South Korea’s highest mountain, Jeju Island’s Mount Halla, can now explore the mountain’s ecosystem on an environmentally-friendly electric monorail. Although monorails were first installed on the mountain’s trails in 1997, they were often the cause of noise and pollution complaints due to their gasoline engines. The monorails were [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of males purchasing indoor toys in 2016 rose more than 40 percent from a year ago, industry data showed Monday, suggesting that more fathers are choosing to play with their children at home. According to the country’s largest open market website Gmarket, male customers buying indoor toys, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Asiana Airlines Inc., a major South Korean flag carrier, is expected to see its earnings improve down the road thanks to an overhaul of unprofitable routes and sales of noncore assets, analysts said Friday. In a note to clients, Daishin Securities Co. said the airline has started turning around [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul city government on Friday said it has completed attaching new nameplates to public “hanoks,” or Korean traditional houses, to better host domestic and foreign visitors. The Seoul Metropolitan Government said the new nameplates on 23 hanoks provide their names and operating hours in both Korean and English. [...]
SEOUL, August 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Jeonju Hanok Village, one of the most popular tourist attractions in the southern provinces of South Korea, features more than 700 traditional Korean houses called ‘hanok’. Some of the houses were built during the Joseon dynasty, however most of the traditional hanok were built during the Japanese colonial era. More [...]
SAMCHEOK, South Korea, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – How does a summer retreat at a cooling cave sound? Korea’s largest limestone cave, Hwanseon Cave, needs no air conditioning. Its temperature remains between 12 and 24 degrees Celsius all summer. Located in Samcheok, some 290km east of the capital, the cave first opened to the public [...]