INCHEON, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Incheon’s new ferry passenger terminal, linking the western South Korean port to 10 Chinese cities, will formally open on June 15, officials said Monday. The Incheon Port Authority has built the New Incheon Port International Passenger Terminal in the city’s Songdo International Business District at a cost of 154.7 [...]
INJE, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — An annual ice fishing festival kicked off in a northeastern county on Saturday, organizers said. The Inje Icefish Festival opened for a run till Feb. 2 on the vast frozen Soyang Lake in the mountainous county of Inje, 165 kilometers northeast of Seoul. The centerpiece of the festival is [...]
JEJU, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Hikers wanting to climb to the top of Mount Halla, South Korea’s highest mountain on Jeju Island, will be required to book a visit in advance, starting next month, Jeju’s provincial government said Saturday. The Jeju government said it plans to enforce a pilot reservation system for hikers and [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s annual winter shopping festival for foreign tourists kicked off its 45-day run on Thursday. Korea Grand Sale 2020 will run until Feb. 29, offering foreign visitors discounts at some 1,100 retailers and service providers across the country, a record high number. Along major tourist routes across South [...]
INJE, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Inje, a mountainous county in the northeastern province of Gangwon, is putting the finishing touches on the 2020 Inje Icefish Festival, set to kick off Saturday for a 10-day run. The annual ice fishing festival dating back to 1998 will take place in Inje, about 165 kilometers northeast of [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) –- About 3,500 young Chinese students will visit South Korea until early next month to enjoy winter field trips, the Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) said Monday. The Chinese students, mostly elementary and middle school students from across China, will travel to Seoul, Incheon, Daegu and other tourist destinations in seven [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea plans to launch an electronic travel authorization (ETA) system for foreign visitors next year, following the parliament’s approval of a relevant law early this week, the Ministry of Justice said Saturday. The National Assembly’s plenary session on Thursday passed a revision of the Immigration Law on the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — In another attempt to emulate New York’s landmark High Line, the Seoul city government unveiled a plan to build a gigantic linear park on the site of the country’s oldest highway, which will be turned into an underground roadway. The Seoul Metropolitan Government said it plans to spend 57.3 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea began operations of a new spa resort in the country’s central region Friday, according to state media, as Pyongyang pushes to attract more foreign tourists in the face of global sanctions crippling its economy. The construction of the Yangdok spa resort in the North’s South Pyongan Province [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Unseasonably warm winter weather is wreaking havoc for the organizers of various ice and snow festivals set to begin later this month in the mountainous northeastern province of Gangwon. Traditionally, Gangwon, located east of Gyeonggi Province, which surrounds Seoul, is a mecca of winter sports and snow and ice [...]