HWACHEON, Jan. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – The Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival, South Korea’s flagship winter event, has already welcomed over 180,000 visitors just two days after its opening. Hwacheon County in Gangwon Province estimated around 82,000 attendees on the second day alone, adding to the 101,340 visitors from the opening day, bringing the total count [...]
HWACHEON, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A world-famous ice fishing festival will open in the remote mountainous county of Hwacheon this weekend to help boost its economy, organizers said Friday. The 2019 Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival will kick off Saturday on a frozen river in the town, about 120 kilometers northeast of Seoul and bordering [...]
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 [...]
HAWCHEON, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — While this year’s Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival is in full swing, members of a rescue team have emerged as hidden heroes behind the success of the fishing event. The Hwacheon Ice Festival has been held for 15 years without a single major accident, drawing over 1 million visitors so far [...]
HWACHEON, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – The Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival is back this year with extended nighttime events in an all-out bid to attract a record number of visitors. Just in time for Hwacheon’s famous trout fishing festival, which kicks off this weekend, the Hwacheon County Government has announced plans for a number of evening [...]
HAWCHEON, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Hwacheon County has announced plans to introduce a duty-free shop at the Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival for international visitors as part of a bid to boost consumption. According to plans announced by the Hwacheon County government on Tuesday, the newly proposed duty-free shop will be built in time for the [...]