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Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival Gears Up with Trout Transfers for Korea’s Premier Winter Event

Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival Gears Up with Trout Transfers for Korea’s Premier Winter Event

HWACHEON, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – The ’2024 Hwacheon Sancheoneo (Mountain Trout) Ice Festival,’ a flagship winter event in South Korea, is bustling with the transfer and cultivation of mountain trout in preparation for the festival period. This year’s festival, set to run from January 6 to 28, spanning 23 days, will unfold around the Hwacheon [...]

Border County Struggling to Get Rid of Fish Inventory from Canceled Ice Fishing Fest

Border County Struggling to Get Rid of Fish Inventory from Canceled Ice Fishing Fest

HWACHEON, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Many local governments nationwide are struggling to cope with repercussions from the coronavirus-caused cancellations of their seasonal festivals that used to generate sizable economic benefits and tourism income for local residents and merchants. The Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival, a world famous ice fishing event hosted every winter by Hwacheon, [...]

Tourists Brave Coronavirus, Unseasonal Weather to Enjoy Hwacheon Ice Fishing Festival

Tourists Brave Coronavirus, Unseasonal Weather to Enjoy Hwacheon Ice Fishing Festival

HWACHEON, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Organizers of the 2020 Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival, a world-famous winter event now under way in the Gangwon Province town, northeast of Seoul, said Thursday that they have been making all-out efforts to ensure the safety of Korean and foreign visitors, particularly in the face of the new coronavirus [...]

Hwacheon Ice Fishing Festival Kicks Off

Hwacheon Ice Fishing Festival Kicks Off

HWACHEON, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The 2020 Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival officially kicked off Monday after being delayed twice due to unseasonably warm weather. The ice fishing festival was initially scheduled to open on Jan. 4 on a frozen river in Hwacheon, Gangwon Province, 120 kilometers northeast of Seoul, but was postponed after warm [...]