IMSIL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The “Cheese History Museum” has opened in Imsil County, the birthplace of South Korean cheese located in the southwest of the country, the local government said on Monday. Covering a total area of 1,683 square meters, the museum houses a hall, an exhibition hall, a cheese-making and fermentation workshop, [...]
HAENAM, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The Dinosaur Festival for Children, hosted by Haenam County in South Jeolla Province from May 5 to 7, ended in great success despite unfavorable weather conditions. This festival, which took place for the first time at the Haenam Dinosaur Museum, attracted an estimated 25,000 visitors until May 7, including [...]
GURYE, May 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Hwaeomsa, a thousand-year-old temple and the head temple of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism nestled on the slopes of Jirisan, has announced its plans to kick off the “3rd Jirisan Hwaeomsa Yoga Grand Festival” on June 10. The event, to be held in the front yard of Hwaeomsa [...]
SEOUL, May 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s Gangnam District office on Sunday announced the appointment of 39 global healthcare coordinators to offer translation services to foreign visitors seeking medical treatment in South Korea. The program, which began in 2011, aims to assist foreign patients visiting clinics in Gangnam District by providing dedicated medical translation services. [...]
SEOUL, May 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean travelers have shown a preference for Japan as a destination for free travel and Southeast Asian countries for package deals, according to data released by TIMON. Osaka, Japan was the top destination for overseas free travel bookings for departures between January 1 and 14 this year. The [...]
DAEGU, May 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Daegu and North Gyeongsang Province have joined forces to run a PR booth at the 2023 Seoul International Travel Fair, taking place at COEX in Seoul until Sunday. The booth promotes regional tourism content and provides travel information to domestic and foreign tourists in Seoul and [...]
SAMCHEOK, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The Rose Park in Samcheok, Gangwon Province, will be filled with 10 million roses for the Samcheok Rose Festival from May 20-24. The festival is being held for the first time in four years due to the onset of the pandemic. It will consist of various festivities, exhibitions, and [...]
TAEAN, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The production of salt, onto which pine pollen settles after being blown by the wind at a salt field in Taean County, South Chungcheong Province, has begun in full swing. This salt is highly rare since it can only be produced for about ten days during this time of [...]
SEOUL, May 3 (Korea Bizwire) — On Wednesday, the city of Seoul held an opening ceremony for Haneul-So, an observatory-like sculpture located in Yeolrin Songhyeon green space in Jongno-gu. Haneul-So, which means “a space that looks to the sky” in Korean, will serve as the theme pavilion for the 4th Seoul Biennale of Urban Architecture [...]
SEOUL, May 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Digital Foundation, a digital arm of the Seoul city government, on Tuesday launched a new service that allows users to raise pets in Metaverse Seoul, a metaverse ecosystem for administrative services. Users can adopt 10 kinds of virtual pets, such as dogs, cats, and rabbits, in the [...]