Mainland Chinese customers’ interest in Korean cosmetics is particularly impressive. They prefer brands such as Sulwhasoo, Hera and Laneige, all made by Amore Pacific, as well as The History of Whoo and O Hui by LG Life Sciences. Amore Pacific forecasts 2015 exports to exceed USD 0.2 billion for the first time.
Fish cake: a must-eat snack Fish cake, or eomuk in Korean, used to be a frequent element in a school kid’s lunch box. Students would taste the food item all the time, if not from their own lunch box then from their friends’. As people grew up, they would long for winter to come,…
The Hwacheon Sancheoneo (Mountain Trout) Ice Festival will be taking place at Hwacheon county in Gangwon-do. This virtually untouched region is known as the first area in Korea that freezes over in winter, and the river is covered with a thick layer of ice.
Enjoy a merry Seollal together Children in Hanbok play yunnori, a traditional four-stick board game, on Seollal Lunar New Year’s. Seollal Lunar New Year’s Day is just around the corner and tourist attractions are gearing up to welcome holidaymakers throughout the five-day national holiday. From Feb. 6 to 10, a series of events…
Ilsan Hanok Village displays Korea’s time-honoured values and charms by well-preserving hanok complexes that are made mainly by traditional building materials, such as jeongwa.
Enjoy 2016 with festivals nationwide Children catch trout by hand at the Hwacheon sancheoneo, or trout, festival in January 2015. The festival, one of the best-known winter festivals in Korea, has been named one of the three best festivals for 2016. The Hwacheon Sancheoneo Festival, the Gimje Horizon Festival and the Jarasum International…
Best places to watch the sunrise with family in national parks On the last day of the year, beaches on the eastern coast of the country are crowded with visitors who want to see the first sunrise of the coming year earlier than they could in other, more inland places. There are, however, plenty…
