SEOUL, July 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and Ethiopia have agreed to increase flights between the two countries from the current seven to nine a week, a move that will help further promote people-to-people exchanges, Seoul said Sunday. Under the agreement reached with the Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority, there will be two more passenger [...]
SEOUL, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of foreign visitors to South Korea soared more than four times in June from a year earlier to hit a new monthly high since the COVID-19 pandemic broke out, data showed Friday. In June, around 961,000 foreign nationals came to Korea, up 321.9 percent on-year, according to [...]
HWACHEON, July 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The Hwacheon Tomato Festival is scheduled to take place in Hwacheon, Gangwon Province, from August 3 to 6, marking its 19th year. The festival is being supported by the Army’s 15th Infantry Division, replacing the 27th Infantry Division. The festival will feature six themes and some 40 programs. The [...]
GANGNEUNG, July 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The 2023 Gyeongpo Summer Festival will return to the city of Gangneung on South Korea’s east coast after a four-year hiatus due to the pandemic. It will run from July 30 until August 6. A special stage will be set up at Gyeongpo Beach, where popular musicians will give [...]
TAEBAEK, July 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The Taebaek Sunflower Festival is set to take place in the city of Taebaek, Gangwon Province, from Friday to August 15, the festival organizer said. Guwau Village in the city has annually hosted the festival in the nation’s largest sunflower patch spanning 100,000 square meters. During the summer season, [...]
SEOUL, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) — With a growing number of Koreans planning trips accompanied by their pets, hotels and airlines are devising new services to attract them. DoubleTree By Hilton Seoul Pangyo offers the rental of premium baby strollers, enabling guests to take leisurely walks with their pets. The hotel additionally provides pet-exclusive dining [...]
SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced on Wednesday that a total of 970,000 citizens participated in the Carless Jamsu Bridge Walking Festival in the first half of this year. The Jamsu Bridge festival took place nine times between May 7 and July 9. Among the various programs, the most popular [...]
SUNCHEON, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) — An Earthing Day is scheduled to take place on Sunday at Suncheon Bay National Garden, a vast ecological park located in the southwestern city of Suncheon. The Organizing Committee for the Suncheonman International Garden Expo explains that “Earthing” is a healing method involving the absorption of the Earth’s curative [...]
SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The volume of international passengers traveling via Gimpo International Airport in western Seoul rebounded in the first half to about 60 percent of the pre-COVID-19 levels, the airport operator said Thursday. In the January-June period, a total of 5,240,626 travelers flew overseas via South Korea’s 14 regional airports, excluding [...]
SEOUL, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) — With the trend of saving even small amounts of money spreading amid the economic slump, South Korea’s major travel agency has unveiled new apps that pay users for walking. Hanatour Service Inc. announced on Tuesday that it launched the industry’s first step counter service, designed to provide rewards based [...]