SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea’s seven-member delegation entered the South on January 21 as it began its two-day journey to conduct site inspections of performance venues in Seoul and Gangneung, a city near PyeongChang where the 2018 Winter Olympics will be held. The delegation, led by North Korean pop singer Hyun Sung-wol, [...]
GANGNEUNG, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – With North Korea expected to send a delegation of athletes and high-ranking officials to the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, the city of Gangneung has stepped up to offer free accommodations. Choi Myeong-hee, the mayor of Gangneung, said during a briefing on Thursday that the city is willing to provide lodging [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Amidst reports that prices of local accommodations are skyrocketing, South Koreans will now have the option of making a day trip to the Winter Games for a mere 33,000 won thanks to special Olympics ticket deals announced by South Korea’s railroad operator. The tickets, called the “Pyeongchang 2018 Winter [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Unbeknownst to the general public, “Train One”, the rail transport of South Korean presidents, was first arranged in 1979. Operating in relative anonymity for 38 years, it was finally unveiled to the public on December 19 through a trip President Moon Jae-in took from Seoul to the east coast [...]
PYEONGCHANG, GANGNEUNG, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – With one eye on the upcoming Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics, certain accommodations businesses in Pyeongchang and surrounding areas have set prices sky-high, resulting in voices criticizing the entire area as the “rip-off Olympics”. At the same time, concerns are being raised that come February, large blocks of suites [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – The Gangneung City Government has launched a special task force as part of efforts to crack down on unscrupulous lodging establishments during the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. The task force is the latest effort by the government officials of Gangneung City to prepare for the Winter Olympic Games this winter, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Tourism Organization has extended an official invitation to the top three contestants in the 2017 Miss Muslim Indonesia (Puteri Muslimah Indonesia 2017). The women will arrive in Korea on August 12 and will culminate their stay on August 17. While here, they will tour attractions that are [...]
GANGNEUNG, South Korea, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – A new Hanok (traditional house) village will be completed Wednesday near Ojukheon, a major tourist destination in South Korea’s eastern port city of Gangneung. Dubbed the Gangneung Ojuk Hanok Village, it will feature 19 traditional houses with 32 rooms, allowing visitors to experience traditional culture activities, including [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – A hanok village will be created in the eastern coastal city of Gangneung by October, next year, to promote the beauty of traditional Korean dwellings to foreign and local tourists, the government said Thursday. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said it will construct a “hanok experience complex” composed [...]
GANGNEUNG, July 18 (Korea Bizwire) – From leisure activities to military or industrial purposes, drones have lately become part of everyday life for many people. For the first time in the country, lifesaving drones will be flying over Gyeongpo Beach on Korea’s eastern coast as part of a pilot project. The city of Gangneung announced that [...]