HWACHEON, Nov. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The Santa Claus Post Office in Hwacheon County, Gangwon Province has attracted close to 10,000 visitors thus far this year. The county has been running the post office jointly with the town of Rovaniemi in Finland, known as Santa Claus’ hometown, since 2015. At the Santa Claus Post Office, visitors [...]
HWACHEON, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – The 2019 Hwacheon Tomato Festival opened Thursday afternoon in Hwacheon County, Gangwon Province. This year’s festival saw its curtain rise with “Find the Golden Ring,” the festival’s main event. As part of the program, participants have to find gold rings hidden in discarded tomatoes, tomatoes that are not commercially [...]
HWACHEON, Jul. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The 2019 Hwacheon Tomato Festival will be held in Hwacheon County, Gangwon Province, from August 1 to 4. This year, in particular, the festival is being organized for the first time in 17 years under the leadership of a committee consisting of residents. Until last year, Hwacheon County and [...]
HWACHEON, Jan. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival that just ended has become the country’s biggest winter festival by attracting an all-time high number of visitors. The annual ice fishing festival that kicked off on Jan. 5 on a frozen river in the remote county of Hwacheon, about 120 kilometers northeast of [...]
HWACHEON, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — With the 2019 Hwacheon Sancheoneo (mountain trout) Ice Festival continuing to attract a significant number of visitors every day, both domestic and international agencies are seeking to follow suit. According to Hwacheon-gun in Gangwon Province, officials from the city of Norilsk in Russia will be visiting the festival between [...]
HWACHEON, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The ongoing 2019 Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival has lured more than 1 million visitors for the 13th consecutive year, cementing its status as the most iconic winter festival in South Korea. The annual ice fishing festival kicked off Jan. 5 on a frozen river in the remote mountainous county [...]
HWACHEON, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — With the opening of the Hwacheon Sancheoneo (Mountain Trout) Ice Festival just around the corner, Hwacheon-gun in Gangwon Province is hosting various festivities starting this weekend. The county will hold a lumináre festival on Saturday, lighting more than 27,000 lamps shaped like mountain trout, for the good wishes of [...]
HWACHEON, Dec. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Organizers of the Hwacheon Sancheoneo (Mountain Trout) Ice Festival have continued their steady push towards the grand opening on January 5 at Hwacheon, Gangwon Province. And the recent cold that swept the country is helping to freeze solid the main grounds that will be used for ice fishing during [...]
HWACHEON, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The original ‘Santa Claus’ from Santa Claus Village in Rovaniemi, Finland will be visiting Hwacheon, Gwangwon Province as the city prepares for the Hwacheon Sancheoneo (Mountain Trout) Ice Festival scheduled for next month. Hwacheon-gun announced that Santa Claus and his elves will be visiting Santa’s Post Office for the [...]
HWACHEON, South Korea, June 28 (Korea Bizwire) – Hwacheon, a county in Gangwon Province, revealed that it will host this year’s Tomato Festival from August 12 to August 15. The 2015 festival was visited by some 115,000 tourists, who purchased over 150-million-won worth of the county’s agricultural products, creating estimated economic spinoffs of 4.2 billion [...]