TAIPEI, TAIWAN, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) - The “2023 Taiwan Lantern Festival” is the first major large-scale international tourism event after the relaunch of inbound tourism in Taiwan, with the iconic event returning to Taipei after a 23-year absence. As an “urban lantern festival” set in vast area spanning 168 hectares in the heart of Taipei [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The annual Seoul Lantern Festival kicked off Friday for a 78-day run across four special tourism zones hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, the city government said. The venue was moved from Cheonggye Stream in central Seoul to four neighborhoods — Jamsil, Itaewon, Dongdaemun and Myeongdong — that saw [...]
SEOUL, May 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean Buddhist community said Tuesday that it will cancel the Lotus Lantern Festival slated for next week due to growing concerns over the recent resurgence of the novel coronavirus infections in the country. “No one can predict whether new cluster infections will happen again, regarding the recent [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — An annual lantern festival will light up the Seoul city center this week with mulberry paper lanterns in the shape of widely loved fairy-tale characters, the city government said Thursday. The 2019 Seoul Lantern Festival will kick off on Friday for a 17-day run over the Cheonggye Stream that [...]