SEOGWIPO, Jan. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The 24th Seogwipo Winter Sea International Swimming Festival was held on Sunday at Jungmun Saekdal Beach in the city of Seogwipo on Jeju Island. The festival returned after three-year hiatus resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Hundreds of residents, tourists and foreigners gathered together on the sandy beach and jumped [...]
GEOJU, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The 14th Geojedo International Penguin Swimming Festival took place on Saturday. Some 500 participants were seen at Deokpo Beach in Geoje, South Gyeongsang Province wearing only their swimming suits and jumping into the frigid seas. Under clear skies, the temperature on the day of the festival hovered around 5 [...]
SEOGWIPO, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The 20th International Seogwipo Winter Sea Penguin Swimming Festival will be held on January 1 at Jeju’s Jungmun Saekdal Beach. The event invites participants to challenge the winter sea as a gesture to throw away the worries of the previous year into the ocean, and make a new year’s [...]
SEOGWIPO, Jan. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The 19th Seogwipo International Winter Sea Penguin Swimming Festival was held on Tuesday at Jungmun Saekdal Beach on Jeju Island. The contest was hosted by the city of Seogwipo, attracting hundreds of participants who jumped into the ocean to let the sea carry away the burdens of the previous [...]