CHUNCHEON, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of National Defense’s recent announcement that it will lift restrictions on the movements of South Korean soldiers granted short term passes as well as abolish a rule requiring non-commissioned officer recruits to live on base for a designated period is causing a stir in communities near the [...]
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The total number of spectators who have visited the PyeongChang Winter Olympics has surpassed 1 million, with just three days left to the closing ceremony, local organizers said Thursday. “The combined number of spectators as of Wednesday was 1,076,000,” said Sung Baik-you, spokesperson for the PyeongChang Organizing [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Airbnb Inc. said Tuesday over 9,000 tourists will visit PyeongChang and adjacent cities where the 2018 Winter Olympics will be held via the global room-sharing platform, with the international sports event set to kick off later this week. The number of travelers who made reservations in Gangwon Province, including [...]
CHUNCHEON, Jan. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — By 5 in the evening on February 2, Gangneung Gyeongpo Beach in Gangwon Province will have transformed into an outdoor museum with bonfires bringing various artworks to life. As a core element of the culture aspect of the upcoming 2018 Winter Olympics to be held in Pyeongchang, the Fire [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — As the hugely successful Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival draws to a close, the 18th Inje Pond Smelt Festival is set to kick off on January 27, running until February 4. Considered to be the very first ice fishing festival in South Korea, the Inje Pond Smelt Festival takes place on [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – The “Winter City” Taebaek, made internationally famous for being one of the filming locations for South Korean TV megahit “Descendants of the Sun”, kicked off its two-week long Taebaek Mountain Snow Festival on January 19. Open until February 11, a variety of attractions and treats await visitors making their [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Discontent among residents living near Baekdudaegan – the mountain range that snakes through the heart of the Korean peninsula – is on the rise concerning the growing presence of wind turbines in the area. Approximately 40 percent of the nation’s wind energy production is generated from the east and [...]
CHUNCHEON, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Compared to Seoul, where education grads are lined up around the block to take the teacher certification exam, Gangwon Province is having trouble putting bodies in seats in order to fill 100 elementary school teaching positions by February. As desperate times call for desperate measures, both the National Council of [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — With the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics just five months away, South Korea’s provincial governments are ramping up efforts to use the quadrennial event as a springboard for luring more foreign tourists. The Winter Games will be held in the alpine county of PyeongChang, some 180 kilometers east of Seoul, [...]
SEOUL, June 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Japan-based South Korean golfer Lee Bo-mee was named an honorary ambassador for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics on Tuesday. In a ceremony held in Seoul, Lee joined a slew of other sporting stars as the latest goodwill spokesperson for South Korea’s first Winter Games. Lee, 27, cut her teeth [...]