SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The government and the ruling People Power Party (PPP) agreed Wednesday to designate Jan. 27 as a temporary holiday this year to boost private consumption and domestic tourism ahead of the Lunar New Year. This year’s Lunar New Year falls on Jan. 29. If confirmed, the holiday will be [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — President Yoon Suk Yeol said Tuesday more than 450,000 people will be granted special pardons on the occasion of the Lunar New Year, including five businesspeople and seven politicians. Yoon did not name the beneficiaries, saying only that the list was drawn up with a focus on reviving the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — As economic hardships deepen, TMON, a major online shopping platform, expects customers to significantly reduce their spending on Lunar New Year gifts this year. In a survey conducted from January 10 to 16 involving 500 customers, TMON found that 58% (multiple responses allowed) plan to purchase gifts from online channels [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Bereaved families of the Itaewon crowd crush victims held a joint memorial service for their loved ones Sunday, the first Lunar New Year since the deadly tragedy in the Seoul neighborhood last year. Some 80 family members and relatives of the victims who died in the Oct. 29 crowd [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans on Friday began heading to their hometowns for family reunions or taking trips on the eve of the Lunar New Year holiday, as the nation celebrates its first such holiday without social distancing restrictions since the outbreak of COVID-19 three years ago. This year’s extended Lunar New [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Subway and bus services in Seoul will be extended to run until 2 a.m. during the Lunar New Year holiday later this month, the Seoul metropolitan government said Sunday. According to the city’s transportation plans, trains on Subway Line 1 through Line 9 across the capital will be operated [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s food industry is releasing a string of gift sets using eco-friendly packaging ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday. Dongwon F&B Co. released a gift set packaged in an eco-friendly material, Paper Press. It is 100 percent made of paper. A tray made of this material has [...]
BEIJING, Feb. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean athletes and officials in Beijing for the upcoming Winter Games celebrated the Lunar New Year on Tuesday in an understated event at their Olympic village. Though Jan. 1 on the Lunar Calendar is one of South Korea’s biggest holidays, the Korean Sport & Olympic Committee (KSOC) only [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Despite a record surge of COVID-19, the annual exodus for the Lunar New Year holiday began Friday, as South Koreans head to their hometowns for family reunions and take trips during the extended holiday. This year’s three-day holiday runs from Monday to Wednesday and it is extended by an [...]
JEJU, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 200,000 people are expected to travel to Jeju Island during the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday despite growing concerns over the spread of the omicron coronavirus variant, according to travel industry officials Tuesday. According to the Jeju Tourism Association, the number of visitors to the resort island [...]