SEOUL, Oct. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of South Koreans staying at hotels and tourist inns in Japan halved in August from a year earlier, data showed Thursday, amid boycott campaign against Japanese products stemming from bitter feuds over trade and history. The Japan Tourism Agency said the number of South Koreans at such [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — An annual lantern festival will light up the Seoul city center this week with mulberry paper lanterns in the shape of widely loved fairy-tale characters, the city government said Thursday. The 2019 Seoul Lantern Festival will kick off on Friday for a 17-day run over the Cheonggye Stream that [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Want to stroll down rustic riverside walkways and enjoy autumnal colors without getting out of Seoul? Seoul’s municipal officials in charge of maintaining public parks alongside the Han River seem to have good recommendations for romantic walk enthusiasts. The Seoul Metropolitan Government’s Hangang Project Headquarters on Saturday announced a [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — A Japanese prefecture governor met with Asiana Airlines Inc.’s chief executive officer to discuss ways to keep the route to Miyazaki amid Japan’s export curbs, the company said Thursday. On Wednesday, Miyazaki Prefecture Gov. Kohno Shunji paid a visit to Asiana Airlines in Seoul to exchange views on ways [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The more frequently one visit forests, the more satisfied one is with one’s life. According to a survey of 2,624 Koreans aged 19 or older conducted by the Korea Forest Research Institute (KFRI), 76.5 percent of the respondents were found to be satisfied with life if they visited forests [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The annual Seoul Silver Grass Festival is set to open later this week, offering visitors a chance to take in the golden brown autumn scene, the city government said Tuesday. This year’s festival will take place from Oct. 18-24 at Haneul Park in western Seoul, according to the Seoul [...]
GANGNEUNG, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Neil Vasdev, a University of Toronto professor, took an unforgettable seaside coffee break on a visit here for an international conference last week. He had a tasty cup of joe at a cafe overlooking the East Sea, together with his wife and some other forum attendees. “This coffee street [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — A large drone festival will take place at a Han River park in Seoul this weekend, offering citizens rare opportunities to enjoy the latest and future technologies of unmanned flying objects, municipal officials said Tuesday. The Seoul metropolitan government said it and the transportation ministry will jointly hold the [...]
INCHEON, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s longest tourist-type monorail train service will kick off in Incheon, west of Seoul, this week, municipal officials said Monday. The operation of the Wolmi Sea Train will begin in the port city’s Wolmi Island district at 4 p.m. Tuesday after an opening ceremony to be attended by [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — An increased demand on non-Japanese routes helped offset lower demand on Japanese routes in August amid trade tensions between Seoul and Tokyo, the transport ministry said Sunday. The number of South Koreans who traveled to Japan in August plunged more than 20 percent as outbound travelers shunned Japan for [...]