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 [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Early next month, Seoul’s Dulle-gil will host a treasure hunt that has more than 10 million won in prizes awaiting eager treasure seekers. To commemorate the fourth anniversary of the Dulle-gil’s opening, the “2018 Seoul Dulle-gil Festival” will be held on November 3 with over 1,000 residents participating in [...]
GOCHANG, Oct. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The 45th Gochang Moyang Fortress Festival kicked off on Wednesday for a round of events, including the famous Dapseong-nori, that will continue for the next four days in Gochang, North Jeolla Province. Gochang’s Moyang Fortress, also known as Gochangeup-seong, was built in 1453 by King Danjong of the Joseon [...]
SUWON, Oct. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Gyeonggi Province announced yesterday that it was planning to allocate 19.63 billion won to be used to transform Namhansanseong Fortress, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, into a major tourist attraction by 2022. The province is expected to hold a yearly “cultural festival” in October starting next year, and will [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The 2018 Imsil N Cheese Festival hosted by Imsil-gun in North Jeolla Province will be held at the Cheese Theme Park and Cheese Village from October 6 to 9. The theme of this year’s festival is “Love for Cheese, Love for Imsil.” Over 80 different programs will be available [...]