SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – More South Koreans have planned overseas trips during this year’s Chuseok (harvest moon) holiday that’s extended to five days due to the following weekend, data from tour companies showed Thursday. HanaTour said departure reservations for the Sept. 13-15 holiday period were counted at 26,500 people as of Thursday, up [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – This year’s Korean Thanksgiving Day, or Chuseok, falls on September 15, inspiring weary Koreans with a long weekend holiday to look forward to from September 14 to September 18. As one of the two major traditional holidays in Korea, with the other being Lunar New Year, the rush for bus [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – The summer holiday season is at its peak, but not everyone has the time or money to jet off to overseas holiday destinations, let alone domestic beaches or tourist attractions. The young are feeling the pinch the most. High unemployment and stiff competition for jobs leaves little leeway for [...]
SEOUL, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Summer holiday season is back, but a growing number of Koreans are preferring to stay in the city instead of leaving the busy metropolis. Shinsegae Department Store discovered that its summer holiday (July and August) sales accounted for 16.1 percent of its annual sales in 2015, which was an increase [...]
SEOUL, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) – As many as 1,000 Chinese tourists will visit South Korea’s capital city this week to experiences first hand Korea’s seasonal customs of “Dano” which falls on Thursday, the Seoul metropolitan government said Wednesday. “Dano” is a major Korean traditional festival which falls on the fifth day of the fifth [...]
SEOUL, May 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Children’s Day was first conceived of in 1923 by a group of Korean students and social leaders. Chong-hwan Pang, a children’s writer, helped popularize the holiday. It was designated as a national holiday in 1970. The government made May 6 a temporary holiday this year in an effort to [...]
SEOUL, April 26 (Korea Bizwire) – President Park Geun-hye said Tuesday her administration is “strongly” considering designating a temporary holiday next week to encourage more people to spend and help prop up the national economy. In a luncheon with leaders of major news outlets earlier in the day, Park said she is “positively considering” the [...]
SEOUL, Feb.1 (Korea Bizwire) – Alba Heaven, an online part-time job portal, announced that the results of a survey conducted on 1,267 members showed that 50.4 percent of the respondents were planning to work during the Lunar New Year holiday. Of note, individuals in their 40s and 50s were particularly eager to get a part [...]
SEOUL, May 3 (Korea Bizwire) – The first week of May is a “Golden Holiday Week,” as May 1 begins with May Day, followed by Saturday and Sunday, Children’s Day on the 5th, and Buddha’s Birthday on the 6th. Any office worker who takes a day of break on the 2nd (Friday) can enjoy a [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Sep 16 (Korea Bizwire) – People lining up at train stations for tickets home may be one of the most universal urban landscapes all around the world in holiday seasons. People spend their precious time on the road to have long-anticipated family reunions. Koreans are no exception in this. September, the month in which [...]