The Hangang Summer Festival, or Hangang Mongttang Festival, is the largest annual riverside festival enjoyed by visitors and citizens in Seoul. The program is organized by the Hangang Project Headquarters, part of the Seoul Metropolitan Government, in cooperation with various civic organizations, as they transform the Hangang River into a joy-filled playground.
Jeonju ranked 3rd best attraction in Asia Jeonju, the capital of Jeollabuk-do Province, has been selected as the third best attraction in Asia, where world travelers should visit within the year. Jeonju has been recently ranked as the third best attraction in Asia on Lonely Planet’s “Best in Asia: our pick of where…
Managed by the Gangwon-do provincial government and the Gangwon Arts & Culture Foundation, the Pyeongchang Music Festival & School is held every year in July and August in the park that surrounds the Daegwallyeong mountain pass, whose peaks top out at around 882 meters.
Korean recipes: samgyetang In the summertime, we can often see streams of people queuing up around samgyetang restaurants, especially during the three -bok days in the heart of summer: Chobok (초복, 初伏), Jungbok (중복, 中伏) and Malbok (말복, 末伏). This year they fall on July 17, July 27 and Aug. 16, respectively. Despite…
Korea’s maritime national parks bring nature and history together The islands of Hallyeohaesang National Park are visible from the peak of Tongyeong’s Mt. Mireuksan. Imagine you want to get out of the city, as far out of the city as possible. While metropolises like Seoul and Busan have nearly everything a modern urbanite…
Exhibit spotlights time-honored summer foods Visitors browse some of the invigorating dishes that ancient people used to enjoy in the summer, at the ‘One Summer Day’s Repose: Taste, Palate & Healing’ exhibition currently underway at the National Folk Museum of Korea. With no air conditioners or electronic fans, how did our ancestors…
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One of the most popular festivals in Korea, the Boryeong Mud Festival probably attracts the largest number of non-Korean tourists. During the festival, tourists flock to Boryeong to experience the beneficial properties of the natural mud and to also have lots of fun.
The World Taekwondo Culture Expo takes place in the city where taekwondo was founded, in Muju, Jeollabuk-do Province. Every year, about 2,000 athletes from 31 countries participate in various seminars and competitions at the six-day expo.
The Buyeo Seodong Lotus Festival celebrates beautiful lotus flowers and highlights the importance of preserving wildflowers. The festival’s program contains many events related to lotuses, and making paper lotus flowers and making lotus flower soap are two of the most popular programs among non-Korean tourists.
