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 [...]
GANGNEUNG, Nov.13 (Korea Bizwire) – To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the designation of the Gangneung Danoje Festival as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO, the ‘Dan Dan Dan Festival’ will take place from November 21 to 28 at the Gangneung Dano Culture Center. The name ‘Dan Dan Dan’ comes from three different [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A Hiking Association from the Gangneung Council of Sport For All has developed a 8.8 kilometer coffee-themed hiking course linking Daegwallyeong Rest Stop, Wangsan Mountain and a coffee museum in Wangsang-myeon, said the association on March 2. Hikers can breathe in fresh air with the smell of roasted coffee beans as [...]