HWACHEON, Jan. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – The Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival, South Korea’s flagship winter event, has already welcomed over 180,000 visitors just two days after its opening. Hwacheon County in Gangwon Province estimated around 82,000 attendees on the second day alone, adding to the 101,340 visitors from the opening day, bringing the total count [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Western Parks and Recreation Center announced on January 3 that it will display a family of large reed dragon sculptures at World Cup Park until February 18 in celebration of the Year of the Dragon. This marks the sixth year that World Cup Park has planned and [...]
HWACHEON, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – The ’2024 Hwacheon Sancheoneo (Mountain Trout) Ice Festival,’ a flagship winter event in South Korea, is bustling with the transfer and cultivation of mountain trout in preparation for the festival period. This year’s festival, set to run from January 6 to 28, spanning 23 days, will unfold around the Hwacheon [...]
DAEJEON, Jan. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – On the first day of the 2024, Daejeon’s Yuseong-gu Hanbit Tower Plaza came alive with the ’2024 Sunyang Maenmom Running Festival.’ This unique event, in which half-naked runners brave frigid winter temperatures, attracted over 6,000 participants, including 2,024 runners, along with their families, marking a vibrant start to the New [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Seoul residents battled through the heaviest snowfall recorded for December since 1981, with more than 10 centimeters of snow dumped Saturday, as the country braces for snow and rain expected ahead of the new year. A heavy snow advisory was in effect for the entire capital, parts of Gyeonggi [...]
MIRYANG, Dec. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Workers at a factory in Miryang, South Gyeongsang Province, are seen drying agar (hancheon) on racks during a Wednesday afternoon. Hancheon, or agar, a food derived from processing Gelidium elegans seaweed, has gained popularity as a dietary choice due to its abundant dietary fiber and low-calorie content. The production process [...]
TAEBAEK, Dec. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – Taebaek City is dedicated to officially designating Taebaeksan Cheonje as an intangible cultural property, highlighting its profound cultural significance. This ritual event takes place on October 3, the National Foundation Day, at the Cheonjedan atop Mount Taebaek, a revered national symbol. The ceremony is a spiritual offering for global [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Visitors to Ttukseom Hangang Park in Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, have been thronging to the exhilarating sledding hills since their opening on December 22. These Hangang Park Sledding Hills, operational until February 12 next year, are situated in Ttukseom, Jamwon, and Yeouido, drawing significant attention from both locals and foreign tourists [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – December 22 marks the winter solstice, a pivotal moment in the annual cycle when nights reach their longest and days are at their shortest. The Chinese character’s literal translation signifies “winter has arrived,” and in the Western tradition, it is recognized as the first day of winter. The term “solstice” [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – It’s akin to being trapped in an icy expanse. Seoul experienced the fiercest cold spell of the winter on Thursday, with temperatures dropping to minus 14 degrees Celsius in the morning. As the city received its first cold wave warning of the season on December 21, office workers geared up [...]