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 [...]
GANGNEUNG, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Gangneung, a city in Gangwon Province, is hosting the ‘Global Innovator Festa 2016 Gangwon’, a creative idea competition with the theme “When Winter Olympics Meet High-Tech ICT (Information and Communications Technology)”. It’s also an event to promote creativity and youth start-ups, and to discover new talent and fresh ideas. [...]
GANGNEUNG, June 10 (Korea Bizwire) – The Asean-Korea Centre is hosting the 2016 ASEAN School Tour Program Friday at Dano Culture Center in Gangneung, Gangwon Province. The event is being co-hosted with the Gangwon Education Office, Gangneung Office of Education, and Gangneung Dano Festival Committee, and some 450 middle school students and teachers from the city [...]