HWACHEON, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) –Amid the recent opening of the Sancheoneo Ice Festival in Hwacheon County, several national civic organizations, including vegetarian groups, have condemned the event, accusing organizers and participants of animal cruelty. On January 12, representatives from the Korean Vegetarian Union and other groups gathered in Gwanghwamun Square, Seoul, for a press [...]
HWACHEON, Jan. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A world-renowned annual ice fishing festival kicked off in the Gangwon Province county of Hwacheon on Saturday, after a two-year pause due to COVID-19. The 2023 Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival will continue for 23 days through Jan. 29 in the remote mountain town close to the inter-Korean border and [...]
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, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The 2020 Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival, hit by unseasonably warm weather this winter, reopened to foreign visitors on Tuesday, about one week ahead of its formal opening. The popular festival was originally scheduled to kick off on Jan. 4 on a frozen river in the Gangwon Province county of [...]
HWACHEON, Jan. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The opening of the 2020 Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival is just nine days away. The annual ice fishing festival is scheduled to take place for 23 days from Jan. 11 to Feb. 2 on a frozen river in the Gangwon Province county of Hwacheon, about 120 kilometers northeast of [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of reservations by foreign visitors to the Hwacheon Sancheoneo (trout) Ice Festival has more than doubled compared to last year, indicating the event, which was first held in 2003, is gaining popularity internationally. According to Hwacheon County, 522 teams comprising 14,589 individuals from overseas have so far [...]
HWACHEON, Korea, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – The Hwacheon Sancheoneo Festival, a famous ice-fishing festival in Gangwon Province, began with a record high 151,100 visitors on January 10, and drew almost the same number of visitors the following day, totaling more than 300,000 visitors including some 5,000 foreigners in just two days. Thousands of visitors [...]