JEONGSUN, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Kangwon Land Inc., the state-run casino operator in Jeongsun, Gangwon Province, said Wednesday it will invest 5.7 billion won (US$4.38 million) to produce 631,200 new casino chips by 2024. This will mark the third replacement of chips at the casino since 2003, with all the old chips being gradually [...]
NAMHAE, July 4 (Korea Bizwire) –The popularity of Baraegil in Namhae County, South Gyeongsang Province, is on the rise as more people discover the breathtaking natural beauty of the South Sea. The term ‘barae’ refers to the traditional practice of Namhae mothers venturing out to the tidal flats during low tide to gather seafood such [...]
SEOUL, July 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A growing number of South Koreans are planning to travel overseas this year amid an endemic COVID-19 era. Global credit card giant Visa Inc. conducted a nationwide survey of 1,000 adults over 18 years of age, in which 55.1 percent of respondents said they planned to travel abroad within [...]
SEOUL, July 2 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s passengers using Korean flag air carriers reached some 84 percent of pre-pandemic levels in the first half, government data showed Sunday. From January to June, the number of passengers on domestic and international routes amounted to 53.39 million, or 83.9 percent of the tally reported in the [...]
BORYEONG, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) — This year’s Boryeong Mud Festival, one of South Korea’s most celebrated summer events, is scheduled to be held from July 21 to August 6, which is a week longer than in previous years, organizers said Thursday. The organizing committee under the municipal government has increased the number of festivities [...]
SEOUL, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of foreign visitors to South Korea soared almost five times last month from a year earlier, partly due to a sharp increase in travelers from Japan, data showed Thursday. In May, around 867,000 foreign nationals traveled here, up 399 percent on-year, according to the Korea Tourism Organization [...]
SEOUL, June 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s Gangnam District on Wednesday held a festival in front of a local children’s library on Wednesday to celebrate “Dano,” which is the fifth day of the fifth month according to the lunar calendar. Dano is a day dedicated to praying for favorable weather for farming and fishing, as [...]
SEOUL, June 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s major travel booking platform Interpark Corp. on Tuesday announced its vision to attract 50 million foreign travelers to South Korea annually by 2028 as it has changed its name to Interpark Triple Corp. Interpark Triple said it plans to develop K-travel package programs and tourism in local [...]
SEOUL, June 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Monday it will operate outdoor swimming pools along the Han River during the summer season, starting this Friday and continuing until Aug. 20. Three outdoor swimming pools in the Ttukseom, Gwangnaru and Yeouido areas, and two swimming areas in the Nanji and Yanghwa districts [...]
SEOUL, June 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The U.S.-based travel magazine Global Traveler has picked Seoul as the best leisure destination in Asia, the city government said Sunday. The magazine conducted a survey of its readers from December to April, asking them to choose the best place for many categories involving leisure, luxury and lifestyle travel [...]