CHUNCHEON, Aug. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — A demonstration performance by the World Taekwondo (WT) team, a Seoul-based global taekwondo federation, occurred on Monday at the special stage near Uiam Lake in Chuncheon, Gangwon Province, as a part of the World Taekwondo Culture Festival. The gala show celebrated the city’s selection as the new home of [...]
CHUNCHEON, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Hoarfrost covered the Soyang River in Chuncheon, 85 kilometers northeast of Seoul, following a cold snap of -15 degrees Celsius that swept through Gangwon Province on Sunday morning, When the cold meets the right humidity and wind, the mist from the river freezes on top of tree branches, blooming [...]
CHUNCHEON, Oct. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Travelers are flocking to Mount Samak’s ‘Lake Cable Car’ in Chuncheon City, 85 kilometers east of Seoul. The cable cars travel a distance of 3.6 kilometers over Euiam Lake and the mountain’s summit via a cableway set upon seven towers. There are a total of 66 cabins in operation, [...]
CHUNCHEON, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Chuncheon in Gangwon Province is introducing a biometrics-based animal registration program that identifies pets based on the spots on their noses and facial features. The program is intended to reduce the number of abandoned or lost animals each year while encouraging people to register their pets. [...]
CHUNCHEON, May 6 (Korea Bizwire) — As part of the city’s public art project, Chuncheon, the capital of Gangwon Province, set up a wall painting inside a tunnel walkway located in the heart of the city. The city embarked on a wall painting project inside a tunnel across Toegyecheon-gil to offer work opportunities to local [...]
CHUNCHEON, March 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The expansion of hydrogen infrastructure in Chuncheon, Gangwon Province is boosting the adoption of hydrogen vehicles. The city of Chuncheon announced that 70 out of 340 hydrogen fuel-cell electric vehicles available for the first round of distribution this year have already been sold. Following the first hydrogen charging station set up at [...]
CHUNCHEON, March 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The construction of Legoland Korea on a river island in Chuncheon, Gangwon Province scheduled for grand opening early next year, is struggling with development projects in the surrounding area. Legoland Korea Resort will consist of seven clusters built on 280,790 square meters of land, including the Lego Hotel and [...]
CHUNCHEON, Nov. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s first wheelchair canoe is now available in Chuncheon, Gangwon Province. The city and the Korea Tourism Organization will hold an opening ceremony on Wednesday for the King Canoe rental service in Uiam Lake accessible by wheelchair users. King Canoe, unlike other smaller canoes for two people, can [...]
CHUNCHEON, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Various summer festivities held in the Gangwon and Chuncheon regions are making a quick transition into online or dispersed platforms as the coronavirus pandemic continues to rage on. Organizers of the Chuncheon Puppet Festival, which was originally scheduled for six days starting on Sept. 4, decided to extend the [...]
CHUNCHEON, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Chuncheon city’s With Eco, a plogging program where participants pick up trash as they jog, begins this Saturday. Plogging combines the terms ‘plocka upp’, a Swedish expression for picking up grains, and ‘jogging’. The program first began in Sweden in 2016, spreading worldwide as a meaningful event that can [...]