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 [...]
HWACHEON, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – The Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival is back this year with extended nighttime events in an all-out bid to attract a record number of visitors. Just in time for Hwacheon’s famous trout fishing festival, which kicks off this weekend, the Hwacheon County Government has announced plans for a number of evening [...]
HWACHEON, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Work to move 180 tons of trout for the Hwacheon Ice Festival has begun. Hwacheon County announced on Wednesday that trout from across the country are being moved to a local fishing farm ahead of the annual Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival. The first haul of trout weighing 800 kilograms, [...]
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 [...]
PYEONGCHANG, Korea, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Pyeongchang, famous as the host city for the upcoming 2018 Winter Olympic Games, is awaiting festivalgoers who will brave harsh winter winds and snow in hopes of catching some trout. The preparatory committee for the Pyeongchang Trout Festival announced that it would hold the event from December 20 [...]