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[Weekender] Make the most of Korea: Plot your own course

Coming from the tropical Philippines, Korea was a wintry wonderland for Jane Galvez, who has visited the country four times since 2012. Galvez journeyed across Korea in search of off-the-beaten path...

Jan 26, 2018
Travel
[Weekender] Korea moves to improve transit convenience for independent travelers

With the proportion of visitors in South Korea traveling individually continuing to rise -- reaching some 75 percent last year -- catering to their needs has become crucial in recent years, all the m...

Jan 26, 2018
Industry
[Weekender] Incheon Airport takes it up a notch

For many years, extensive renewal or expansion may have seemed unnecessary for Incheon Airport, as it has indisputably positioned itself as one of the world’s top-tier aviation hubs. Incheon Interna...

Jan 19, 2018
Industry
[Weekender] How to use Incheon Airport’s new terminal

After nine years of construction, South Korea’s main gateway airport finally opened its sleek new terminal this week. Incheon Airport’s second terminal cost approximately 5 trillion won ($4.7 billio...

Jan 19, 2018
Industry
[Weekender] Art on the run at new Incheon terminal

Newly opened second passenger terminal of Incheon International Airport is drawing attention not just for the numbers involved, but also its art. Under a project called “Artport,” Incheon Internatio...

Jan 19, 2018
Arts&Design
[Weekender] Korean bakery chains go upmarket

Buoyed by vast popularity at home, major Korean bakery chains are wooing consumers overseas with premium offerings, hoping to capture a share in emerging markets for high-quality bakeries. Paris Bag...

Jan 12, 2018
Industry
[Weekender] Walking down bread’s memory lane

Bread was first introduced to Koreans in the 19th century, when Catholic missionaries from Europe brought bread with them. But it was during Japan’s 35-year colonization that bread started to find it...

Jan 12, 2018
Industry
[Weekender] Bread over rice

For an increasing number of Koreans, rice and noodles are no longer the foundation of their meals. A growing appetite for sandwiches and baked goods like cakes, pastries and doughnuts have made bake...

Jan 12, 2018
Industry
[Weekender] Grab-n-go snacks lure commuters at Korea’s subway stations

Every morning, the smell of freshly baked pastries fills the air of the underground corridors connecting Line 2 and Line 4 of Sadang Station in Seoul. The pleasant smell is enough to make even the bu...

Jan 12, 2018
Industry
[Weekender] Travel bits

Anseong Ice Fishing Fest Visitors are welcome to participate in various winter activities such as ice fishing, sledding, traditional winter games, barehanded fishing. Gwanghyewon Reservoir, the ven...

Jan 5, 2018
Travel
[Weekender] Around the hotels

Swellfish dishes at Millennium Seoul Hilton Millennium Seoul Hilton’s Japanese restaurant, Gengi, is offering a promotion of swellfish dishes, which are considered a delicacy in Japanese cuisine. Th...

Jan 5, 2018
Food&Beverage
[Weekender] Paper planners maintain appeal in new year despite tech-savvy consumers

On the second day of the new year, shoppers bustled about one section of Kyobo Books’ Gwanghwamun branch. They were all shopping for planners, more familiarly called “diaries,” to help them set their...

Jan 5, 2018
Industry
[Weekender] Dear diary: Koreans’ undying love of putting pen to paper

What comes to your mind when you think of the term “diary?” For some, the word means a journal to write down reflections on the day. For others, the term covers a broader range of books: planners, sc...

Jan 5, 2018
Culture
[Weekender] Pouring heart into diary for 15 years

Many welcome a new year with a new diary. Sadly, buying a diary is the easy part. Filling it can be much more difficult and many fall into disuse over the course of the year. While people buy plann...

Jan 5, 2018
Culture
[Weekender] Korea’s dynamic 2017

From North Korea’s nuclear weapons program nearing completion to the unprecedented impeachment of a president and a major earthquake, the year now drawing to a close has been a difficult one for Sout...

Jan 1, 2018
Social affairs

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