SEOUL, May 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Hundreds of thousands of colorful lanterns will light up streets in Seoul’s city center when an annual festival to celebrate Buddha’s Birthday begins this weekend. Organizers will hold a ceremony on Friday night to turn on the lights of traditional Korean lanterns of various shapes and colors on display [...]
GOHEUNG, Apr. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Jeonnam Technopark (JTP) will hold a live demonstration of public service drones at the Naro Aeronautics and Space Center on May 4, during the 12th Goheung Aero-Space Festival to be held from May 3 to 5 in Goheung County, South Jeolla Province. Demonstrations will include firefighting drones carrying out [...]
WANDO, Mar. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The 2019 Cheongsando Island Slow Walking Festival will be held on April 6 at Cheongsando Island located in Wando County, South Jeolla Province. Festivities will be held in various locations of the island under the four themes of healing, sharing, fairness, and value over a period of 30 days. [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — An annual Seoul night market festival will open early next month for about seven months, allowing citizens to enjoy a variety of food, international performances, magic shows and busking there, the Seoul authorities said Wednesday. “The 2019 Bamdokkaebi Night Market will open every Friday through Sunday from April 5-Oct. [...]
HAENAM, Feb. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The Bohae Plum Farm in Haenam County, South Jeolla Province, the largest of its kind in South Korea, will hold the 7th Ttangkkeut Maehwa (apricot flowers) Festival on March 16 and 17. The festival is making a comeback after a three-year hiatus due to avian flu, with a variety [...]
HWACHEON, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — With the 2019 Hwacheon Sancheoneo (mountain trout) Ice Festival continuing to attract a significant number of visitors every day, both domestic and international agencies are seeking to follow suit. According to Hwacheon-gun in Gangwon Province, officials from the city of Norilsk in Russia will be visiting the festival between [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The 2019 Korea Grand Sale, a shopping festival for foreign tourists, is to be held from January 17 to February 28. Roughly 850 South Korean firms will participate in the festival to provide extensive discounts to foreign tourists on variety of items. Airlines will be selling flight tickets at [...]
WONJU, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — In Wonju, Gangwon Province, a series of nightscape attractions are scheduled to open under the theme of “Fantastic Meeting of Nature and Light.” Gonigol, a South Korean farming association corporation, will be hosting the fourth Gonigol Lights Festival at Yangjam Theme Park until February 6. Visitors will be able [...]
HWACHEON, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — With the opening of the Hwacheon Sancheoneo (Mountain Trout) Ice Festival just around the corner, Hwacheon-gun in Gangwon Province is hosting various festivities starting this weekend. The county will hold a lumináre festival on Saturday, lighting more than 27,000 lamps shaped like mountain trout, for the good wishes of [...]
HWACHEON, Dec. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Organizers of the Hwacheon Sancheoneo (Mountain Trout) Ice Festival have continued their steady push towards the grand opening on January 5 at Hwacheon, Gangwon Province. And the recent cold that swept the country is helping to freeze solid the main grounds that will be used for ice fishing during [...]