Whale Culture Town Archives

Restored Whaling Village Gains Popularity amid MERS Fear

ULSAN, July 2 (Korea Bizwire) – The Whale Culture Town in Jangsaengpo, Ulsan, has attracted more than 20,000 visitors in less than two months after it was reopened on May 15. The attendance figures are particularly notable, as the results were achieved after the widespread outbreak of the MERS virus in Korea, and the whale [...]

Korea’s Whale Theme Park to be Completed in May

SEOUL, April 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Korea’s first whale themed park, called ‘Whale Culture Town’, will be completed on May 18 in Ulsan. The 27.2 billion (US$ 25.2 million) project from Ulsan’s Nam-gu Office has a square, a whale sculpture park, an underwater plant garden and a park which looks like the inside of a [...]