INCHEON, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) — An abandoned school on Ganghwa Island in Incheon, west of Seoul, will be transformed into an astronomical observation facility. The Ganghwa county office on Monday announced a plan to spend 10 billion won (US$7.56 million) on remodeling an abandoned two-story elementary school building with a floor space of 1,420 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Incheon’s Ganghwa County, comprising many border islands, west of Seoul, said Thursday it will build its second observatory to overlook North Korea to boost its peace tourism. The new observatory will be built in the form of a skywalk on top of the 242-meter-high Mount Hwagae in the county’s [...]
INCHEON, May 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The Goryeosan Mountain Azalea Festival, the last azalea festival of the year in Korea, has wrapped up successfully. More than 400,000 people visited the festival in Ganghwa County, which is a 10 percent increase from last year. The festival held many interesting events, such as an azalea photograph exhibition, [...]