TAEBAEK, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The annual snow festival in Taebaek, a mountainous city in Gangwon Province, is back after a three-year absence, opening with a snow sculpture competition for university students. The snow sculpture competition, one of the Taebaeksan Mountain Snow Festival’s main events, will begin with an orientation session on Saturday. A [...]
TAEBAEK, Feb. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The 26th Mount Taebaek Snow Festival has been a surprising success despite a dry winter with little precipitation. The festival’s organizing committee announced on Saturday that more than 600,000 people had visited the festival as of last Friday. The festival attracted 200,000 visitors by January 20, reaching as many [...]
TAEBAEK, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Taebaek in Gangwon Province, also known as ‘Winter City,’ proudly holds a snow festival every year. This year marks the 26th iteration of the event, and the city is planning to exhibit ice sculptures of 12 great figures from mythology. There will be six ice sculptures [...]