SEOUL, Jan. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s state-run tourism agency said Tuesday it has attracted a 5,000-strong incentive travel group from a Chinese health food company. The employees of Yi Yong Tang began a six-day trip to tourist attractions in Seoul and Incheon, west of Seoul, on the day, according to the Korea Tourism [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — A record high of 13.38 million people visited the four major royal palaces and tombs of the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) last year, a government agency said Monday. According to the Royal Palaces and Tombs Center under the Cultural Heritage Administration, the number of visitors to Gyeongbok Palace, Changdeok Palace, [...]
HWACHEON, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The 2020 Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival will be open to foreign visitors on Saturday, one week ahead of its formal opening, county officials said Friday. The world famous festival was originally scheduled to kick off on Saturday on a frozen river in the Gangwon Province county of Hwacheon, about [...]
HWACHEON, Jan. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The opening of the 2020 Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival is just nine days away. The annual ice fishing festival is scheduled to take place for 23 days from Jan. 11 to Feb. 2 on a frozen river in the Gangwon Province county of Hwacheon, about 120 kilometers northeast of [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea welcomed the new year with traditional bell-ringing ceremonies in Seoul and other cities nationwide at midnight Tuesday. The most attention-grabbing bell-ringing ceremony took place at Bosingak Belfry in Jongno, central Seoul, as several prominent celebrities rang the bell 33 times amid cheers from tens of thousands of [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — New year’s sunrise events will take place in more than 20 places in Seoul on Wednesday in time for the first sunrise of 2020 forecast for 7:46 a.m., officials said. The municipal government said Monday that a total of 21 sunrise events are scheduled to be held at mountains [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — More Japanese tourists have visited South Korea than South Koreans have visited the Asian neighbor since August, data showed Sunday, after their countries have been engaged in an unprecedented trade row, sparking a boycott of Japanese goods and services here. The number of Japanese visiting South Korea reached 329,652 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Popular sunset and sunrise locations across the country are ready to host various festive events for visitors seeking to bid farewell to the outgoing year and greet the new year in a romantic and memorable way. Traditionally, Koreans have attached enormous significance to viewing the year’s first sunrise and [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — People will be able to enjoy this year’s last sunset and the new year’s first sunrise as fine weather is expected across most of the nation, the state weather agency said Friday. Viewers are advised to dress warmly to appreciate the “meaningful” scenery, however, as a cold snap is [...]
JEJU, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The 27th Seongsan Sunrise Festival will kick off next week on Jeju Island’s Seongsan Ilchulbong (Sunrise) Peak, a UNESCO World Heritage site and one of the southern resort island’s most famous geographical features, organizers said Thursday. The annual Seongsan Sunrise Festival will take place around the Seongsan peak area [...]