CHUNCHEON, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Winter snow swept over festivals in Gangwon Province, adding to the beauty of Gangwon’s mountainous landscape. Visitors coming to the Inje Icefish Festival, Mount Taebaek Snow Festival, Pyeongchang Trout Festival, and others enjoyed the white landscape covered with snow. This week, the Inje Icefish Festival, Gangwon’s only festival that [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Unseasonably warm winter weather is wreaking havoc for the organizers of various ice and snow festivals set to begin later this month in the mountainous northeastern province of Gangwon. Traditionally, Gangwon, located east of Gyeonggi Province, which surrounds Seoul, is a mecca of winter sports and snow and ice [...]
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 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — PyeongChang, the venue of the 2018 Winter Olympics, is gearing up to host two winter festivals to attract tourists from home and abroad. The county government of PyeongChang, about 180 kilometers east of Seoul, said Friday it is putting the finishing touches on the 13th PyeongChang Trout Festival and [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The so-called “energy-poor” who cannot heat properly due to family circumstances are forced to live under almost uninhabitable circumstances during the winter, according to a recent survey, The Korea NGOs Energy Network, a group of energy-related civic groups, surveyed a total of 295 households in six cities and provinces [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Thursday it will suspend the operation of coal-powered plants over the winter to reduce fine dust emissions. Eight to 15 coal power plants will suspend operations from Sunday to Feb. 29, according to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy. Other plants will be instructed to [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s national weather agency forecast Friday that this year’s winter is likely to be warmer than usual with occasional cold snaps. “(The winter season temperature) is forecast to be similar or higher than average, but temperature gaps are likely to be big when the temperature sharply falls from [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Short padding coats are replacing long padding coats as a new fashion trend for this winter. Hyundai Department Store conducted a study on sales performance by major outdoor brands in September and October, revealing that short padding coats accounted for 71.3 percent of all padding coat sales. Outdoor brands [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Long padded jackets that come down to the calves, also known as bench jackets, have been among the most popular winter garments over the past few years. However, instead of long padded jackets, shorter padded jackets are poised to dominate the fashion industry this winter. Auction, an online shopping [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Sea turtles released by the government were found to have spent the winter in warmer waters in Southeast Asia before returning to South Korea. The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, since releasing 116 sea turtles that were rescued and received treatment in 2015, has been monitoring some of the [...]