GANGNEUNG, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Gangneung in South Korea’s northeastern province of Gangwon said Wednesday that it will open the ‘Gangneung Pass Travelers Center’ in front of Gangneung Station on Dec. 27 to offer tourism and smart mobility user information to travelers. The center comes as a part of the ‘MaaS: [...]
GANGNEUNG, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The city government in Gangneung, Gangwon Province has installed retired military supplies at Sageunjin Marine Park, which is located in the sea adjacent to Sageunjin by the northern part of Gyeongpo Beach. The city government took delivery of four types of retired military supplies, including light-weight armored cars, from [...]
GANGNEUNG, July 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Gangneung, one of South Korea’s most popular destinations for summer vacationers, mulls over the nighttime closure of beaches and other unprecedented quarantine measures against COVID-19, officials said Monday, following an earlier decision to lift its social distancing rules to the toughest restrictions of Level 4. Gangneung, an east coast [...]
GANGNEUNG, Aug. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Young Koreans who used to come by Gyeongpo Beach, located in Gangneung, Gangwon Province, staying up the night drinking and hanging out are now nowhere to be seen. The provincial office imposed an administrative order to restrict assembly on eight beaches across the region, including Gyeongpo Beach. Since July [...]
CHUNCHEON, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Bounded on the east by the East Sea (erroneously displayed as Sea of Japan on some Internet sites), Gangwon Province is well known for its recent successful hosting of the 2018 Winter Olympics and 2018 Winter Paralympics, and for its beautiful beaches and ski resorts including Yongpyong and Alpensia. [...]
GANGNEUNG, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Neil Vasdev, a University of Toronto professor, took an unforgettable seaside coffee break on a visit here for an international conference last week. He had a tasty cup of joe at a cafe overlooking the East Sea, together with his wife and some other forum attendees. “This coffee street [...]
GANGNEUNG, Jul. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — With regard to the occurrence of abandoned dogs during the vacation season every year, the city of Gangneung in Gangwon Province holds an unusual and unique festival to establish a proper culture of companion animal ownership. The city will hold a so-called “Dog Marathon” on a 5-kilometer course within [...]
GANGNEUNG, Mar. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — A wild boar was spotted by a bird photographer using a telephoto lens at the Namdaecheon Stream in Gangneung, Gangwon Province on Thursday. The wild boar that was supposed to be in the mountains appeared by the banks of the stream, causing consternation among residents. Emerging from a reed-covered [...]
GANGNEUNG, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — A rare scene mesmerized tourists in Gangneung, Gangwon Province on Tuesday as schools of mullets appeared by the beach “riding the waves”. “I have lived in Gangneung for 20 years, but never before have I seen this,” said one local resident. Swarms of mullets came and went along with [...]
GANGNEUNG/SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Police concluded Wednesday that the three high school students found dead in a guesthouse in Gangneung were killed by carbon monoxide poisoning. Police announced the official result of their investigation into the deadly incident that also left seven others unconscious. Two of them have recovered consciousness following hours of [...]