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[Travel Bits] Festivals, sights across Korea

Jul 10, 2020

Gangneung Coffee Festival Gangneung Coffee Festival is held every year to promote coffee culture and celebrate Gangneung’s growth as the leading coffee hub in Korea. The city in Gangwon Province is...
Hantan River area listed as UNESCO Global Geopark

Jul 7, 2020

The Hantan River area near the inter-Korean border has been designated as a UNESCO Global Geopark, officials said Tuesday. The UN body made the decision to add the 1,165-square-kilometer area to the...
KTO promotes Korea through eyes of Netflix

Jul 7, 2020

The Korea Tourism Organization released a promotional video titled “Explore Korea,” made in collaboration with Netflix, using a compilation of clips of Korea shown in films and dramas on the global o...
[Travel Bits] Festivals, sights across Korea

Jul 3, 2020

Goyang Street Arts Festival Goyang Street Arts Festival allows festivalgoers a chance to see performances ranging from underwater dance, midair performances to fireworks show all in one place. The f...
[Weekender] Jeju Island is a sanctuary in virus times

Jun 27, 2020

The Seogwipo Daily Olle Market is the biggest market in Seogwipo. Founded in 1960, it has 200 stores and 140 stalls. Though the market has a 60-year history, the facilities are relatively modern as i...
[Travel Bits] Festivals, sights across Korea

Jun 26, 2020

Taebaek Sunflower Festival The Taebaek Sunflower Festival takes place July 14-Aug. 16 in Guwau Village, celebrating the area’s wide array of colorful wildflowers and endless fields of sunflowers. Th...
Culture Station Seoul 284’s answer to ‘Why do we travel?’

Jun 23, 2020

In the third section of the exhibition titled “meeting,” travel director Ko Jae-yeol features a “suitcase library.” By filling suitcases with books, CDs and DVDs, people present their personal tastes...
[Eye Plus] Take a stroll around 600-year-old education institute, Confucian shrine

Jun 20, 2020

Sitting on the northeastern side of Changgyeonggung is a Joseon-era complex where people carried out ancestral rites and nurtured the country’s leaders. “It may be difficult to believe, but there we...
Hotels on brink flock to TV shopping channels for sales

Jun 19, 2020

It was the first time for a five-star luxury hotel in Seoul to sell its rooms via a TV shopping channel. It also offered a 35 percent discount coupon for its restaurants and bars, along with a late c...
[Travel Bits] Festivals, sights across Korea

Jun 19, 2020

Night of Ganghwa & Heritage Story Organized by the Ganghwa County Office and Incheon Tourism Organization, Night of Ganghwa & Heritage Story offers eight different programs to visitors, introducing ...
[Travel Bits] Festivals, sights across Korea

Jun 12, 2020

Jeongnamjin Jangheung Water Festival The Jeongnamjin Jangheung Water Festival in Jangheung, South Jeolla Province, celebrates the clean and refreshing water of the Tamjin River and Jangheung Lake. ...
[Video] When will tourists return to Myeong-dong?

Jun 5, 2020

Embattled travel industry slams Seoul’s tourist spots
[Travel Bits] Festivals, sights across Korea

Jun 5, 2020

Centum Beer Festival The Centum Beer Festival, sponsored and managed by the Centum Beer Festival Committee, is held at KNN Centum Plaza in Busan every summer. The festival offers unlimited beer and...
[Photo News] Jeju horses bask in sunlight

Jun 3, 2020

Horses are taking a rest at Jeju Horse Pastureland in Yonggang-dong, Jeju City, on Tuesday morning. Vast grassland and mountains in the backdrop make the horse pastureland one of Jeju Island’s must-...
[Eye Plus] Songwol-dong Fairy Tale Village stirs innocence of childhood

May 30, 2020

Next to Incheon’s historic Chinatown stands the Songwol-dong Fairy Tale Village, where characters from classic tales of Korea and the West are brought to life. Stirring the innocence of childhood, t...