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 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea plans to closely monitor prices of major agricultural, livestock and fishery goods starting next week in a bid to help stabilize inflationary pressure ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday, a senior government official said Friday. The government will monitor the price movements of 17 items that [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The upcoming Chuseok holiday, the Korean equivalent of Thanksgiving and one of the country’s most celebrated holidays, is posing a significant hurdle to health authorities struggling to contain the fourth wave of COVID-19. This year’s three-day Chuseok holiday runs from Sept. 20-22, and it will be extended by an [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Lingering concerns over COVID-19 kept South Korean people from going to cinemas during the Lunar New Year holiday, but recently eased social distancing is expected to brighten prospects for the virus-hit film industry, box office data showed Monday. The number of moviegoers reached a total of 707,000 during the [...]