SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – The largest-ever annual shopping event in South Korea kicked off on Tuesday amid efforts to boost private spending, the industry ministry said Tuesday. The Korea Sale Festa, the Korean equivalent of Black Friday, will be held both online and in stores nationwide through Nov. 15, with around 2,300 companies [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Flights from Seoul’s Gimpo International Airport to Osaka and Taipei will resume later this week, the state-run airport operator here said Saturday, more than two years after the routes were suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. International flight routes between Seoul’s Gimpo and Osaka’s Kansai airports and between Gimpo [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Two South Korean tourism promotional videos featuring Suga and Jimin of global K-pop sensation BTS have garnered more than 43 million views a week after they were released. The Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) uploaded two of its four retro-themed music videos, titled “Feel the Rhythm of Korea,” in which [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The Legoland Korea amusement park, which opened in Chuncheon, Gangwon Province in May, recently issued an arbitrary notice of closure, raising complaints from annual pass holders. Legoland Korea Resort, the theme park’s operator, recently announced that the park would be closed for a total of 15 days during the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean booking platform Yeogi Eottae wants to make global travel as easy as local travel once tourism demand explodes after the pandemic, its CEO said Tuesday. “We plan to apply our affordable pricing policy and user friendly customer experience to international travel so that our customers can travel [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The largest-ever annual shopping event in South Korea will take place next week amid the government’s effort to curb high prices and boost private spending, the industry ministry said Wednesday. The Korea Sale Festa, the Korean equivalent of Black Friday, will be held from Nov. 1-15 both online and [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The most popular hiking spots among South Korean young adults are Mount Bukhan in northern Seoul and Mount Seorak in the northeastern province of Gangwon, with one out of five enjoying hiking alone, a poll said Monday. According to a recent survey of 650 young adults in their 20s [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon has said he plans to create a national iconic street with green spaces and wider walkways, like the Champs-Elysees of Paris, along a 7-kilometer-long route from Gwanghwamun in central Seoul to the Han River. The mayor announced the city development plan Saturday (French time) in [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean hotels are accommodating more foreigners following the government’s lifting of restrictions on tourists arriving from abroad. At 86 percent, the vast majority of all guests at RYSE, Autograph Collection, located in Hongdae, a popular entertainment district in western Seoul, were foreign tourists in the third quarter of this [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) said Thursday it has released two tourism promotional videos on its YouTube channel featuring Suga and Jimin of K-pop megaband BTS. The videos promoting tourism to the cities of Busan and Daejeon are part of retro-themed music video series titled “Feel the Rhythm of [...]