SEOUL, Jan. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Traffic on major highways built up nationwide Thursday, as millions of South Koreans returned home on the final day of the extended six-day Lunar New Year holiday. On some sections of the Gyeongbu Expressway, which links Seoul to the southeastern city of Busan through major cities, cars were often [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Over 1.34 million South Koreans are expected to travel overseas during the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday, when many will likely take extra leave to further extend the period to up to 10 days, according to industry data Wednesday. According to the data from the Incheon International Airport Corp. [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The government and the ruling People Power Party (PPP) agreed Wednesday to designate Jan. 27 as a temporary holiday this year to boost private consumption and domestic tourism ahead of the Lunar New Year. This year’s Lunar New Year falls on Jan. 29. If confirmed, the holiday will be [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – As South Korea prepares for an extended holiday in early October, thanks to the government’s designation of Armed Forces Day as a temporary public holiday, a surge in travel bookings reveals a strong preference for Japanese destinations among Korean tourists. According to data released by Trip.com on September 30, overseas [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The health ministry on Wednesday unveiled a set of measures to deal with emergency care before and after the Chuseok holiday next month, as doctors have warned of possible disruption of emergency rooms due to a protracted walkout by junior doctors. Under the measures, health authorities will keep 4,000 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – As South Korea’s healthcare system grapples with a six-month-long medical vacuum, emergency rooms are preparing for a potential overflow during the upcoming Chuseok holiday. The convergence of COVID-19 cases, heat-related illnesses, and the traditional holiday rush is raising concerns about the capacity of already strained emergency services. The Ministry of [...]
SEOUL, June 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s Gangnam District on Wednesday held a festival in front of a local children’s library on Wednesday to celebrate “Dano,” which is the fifth day of the fifth month according to the lunar calendar. Dano is a day dedicated to praying for favorable weather for farming and fishing, as [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans on Friday began heading to their hometowns for family reunions or taking trips on the eve of the Lunar New Year holiday, as the nation celebrates its first such holiday without social distancing restrictions since the outbreak of COVID-19 three years ago. This year’s extended Lunar New [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Convenience stores, open even during the holidays, are seeing rising sales of pharmaceuticals and parcel delivery services. CU, South Korea’s top convenience store chain, saw sales of essential drugs jump by 16.5 percent in 2018 and 10.5 percent in 2019 during the four-day Chuseok fall harvest holiday. This year, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Despite a record surge of COVID-19, the annual exodus for the Lunar New Year holiday began Friday, as South Koreans head to their hometowns for family reunions and take trips during the extended holiday. This year’s three-day holiday runs from Monday to Wednesday and it is extended by an [...]