GURYE, Aug. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – The Hwaeomsa Temple Mosquito Net Film Music Festival occurred on Saturday night at Hwaeomsa Temple, situated in Gurye County, South Jeolla Province. Initiated in 2021, the music festival drew inspiration from the ancestral wisdom of combatting summer heat through consumption of steamed potatoes and corn within mosquito nets. Dr. [...]
BORYEONG, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Boryeong in South Chungcheong Province introduced the very first mud playground for pet dogs at the annual Boryeong Mud Festival, which is currently being held at Daecheon Beach. The pet playground features a large mud pool, a standard-sized pool, tubes, and an obstacle course. To provide [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s fair trade regulator said Wednesday the number of consumer complaints regarding flight tickets more than doubled on-year in the first half of 2023 amid recovering demand for global travel. The number of such airline complaints filed to authorities reached 834 over the January-June period, rising sharply from [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Monday it has transformed the deck near Nanji Pond in World Cup Park, western Seoul, into “Nanji Beach.” The newly created beach boasts a waterfront and a sandy shore spanning 600 square meters. This beach replaces certain sections of the old deck within Nanji [...]
JEJU, July 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Foreign travelers are returning to the southern resort island of Jeju as the pandemic fades away. According to the Jeju Tourism Association, 149,908 foreign travelers visited Jeju as of May this year, which is eight times more than last year. The travelers, sorted by nationality, included 43,502 Chinese, 22,522 [...]
SEOUL, July 31 (Korea Bizwire) — With the summer heat reaching 35 degrees Celsius on Sunday, leading to a nationwide heat wave warning, the country’s popular beaches and festivals teemed with vacationers. Busan’s Haeundae Beach welcomed 270,000 visitors while Gwangalli Beach received 140,000 people on the previous day. The city’s seven public beaches, in total, [...]
SEOUL, July 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of international flight passengers recovered to nearly 65 percent of the pre-pandemic level in the first half of the year, government data showed Monday. A total of 29.5 million people boarded international flights between January and June, accounting for 64.8 percent of the 45.6 million tallied over [...]
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 [...]