SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The estimated cost of preparing “charye” during this year’s Chuseok fall harvest holiday climbed 6.4 percent from a year ago amid growing inflationary pressure, a research center survey showed Monday. Charye is a ceremonial Chuseok ritual honoring deceased ancestors and is usually accompanied by various types of traditional Korean [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s food industry is releasing a string of gift sets for next month’s Chuseok holiday using eco-friendly packaging materials. Daesang Corp. replaced the non-woven fabric material used for gift bags with paper material. In addition, it also used paper instead of plastic to make the inner trays of [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean soldiers deployed overseas celebrated the Chuseok holiday with various activities but without events inviting guests due to coronavirus concerns, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said Monday. This year’s Chuseok, the Korean autumn harvest celebration and one of the biggest holidays in the country, falls on Tuesday, [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The upcoming Chuseok holiday, the Korean equivalent of Thanksgiving and one of the country’s most celebrated holidays, is posing a significant hurdle to health authorities struggling to contain the fourth wave of COVID-19. This year’s three-day Chuseok holiday runs from Sept. 20-22, and it will be extended by an [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government said Wednesday it has introduced more kits as part of its traditional game and craft kit selection so that people can enjoy them amid the new coronavirus outbreak. The selection includes making miniature “hanok,” or traditional Korean houses, modeled after those in Namsangol Hanok Village [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Everland, South Korea’s largest theme park in Yongin, south of Seoul, will light up a huge full moon with a 40 meter diameter from Sept. 30-Oct. 4 in celebration of the Chuseok holiday. The full moon will appear on the screen of the theme park’s most famous ride, the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Various folk events and festivals annually hosted by local governments on the eve of Chuseok, the Korean equivalent of Thanksgiving, can hardly be seen this year, as they are now campaigning against small and large gatherings due to fears of coronavirus transmission. Authorities in provincial cities and counties nationwide [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — A cultural center in the traditional village of Bukchon in central Seoul will provide kits for making lanterns with the traditional paper of “hanji,” the city government said Wednesday. The Bukchon cultural center will offer 100 kits for making paper lanterns to celebrate the full moon, according to the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The novel coronavirus is altering the landscape of the hotel industry with Chuseok – Korean Thanksgiving – just around the corner. As the coronavirus continues to spread throughout the greater Seoul area, hotels in Seoul saw their reservations plunge, while those in Jeju and other provinces are almost fully [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — With a growing number of South Koreans engaging in so-called ‘untact’ (contactless) transactions, mobile gift certificates or e-coupons are gaining popularity as gifts for the upcoming Chuseok holidays. Lotte ON, Lotte Shopping Co.’s integrated online shopping website, conducted a survey of 3,000 customers, 50.1 percent of whom picked e-coupons [...]