When will cherry blossoms bloom this year? The cherry blossom wave of 2018 is expected to be slightly earlier or else similar to last year. The photo shows the cherry blossoms along the walls of Changdeokgung Palace in Jongno-gu District, Seoul. (Korea.net DB) By Min Yea-Ji and Hahm Hee-eun The cherry blossoms that decorate springtime…
Olympic tourists, athletes forge unforgettable memories with Korea German athletes have fun taking photos with the Olympic rings at an outdoor square in front of Gyeongpo Beach in Gangwon-do Province on Feb. 22. By Jeon Han and Yoon Sojung Photos = Jeon Han Gyeongpo Beach has become a popular photo spot among social media…
Gangneung Station becomes new Olympic attraction With more than 20,000 daily users, Gangneung Station has become the gateway to the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games and a new attraction for tourists. The photo shows a traditional march and percussion performance in front of the station on Feb. 15. By Korea.net PyeongChang Olympics Team…
Culinary delights of Gangwon-do: a bowl of nature By Kang Gahui and Yoon Jihye Photos = Jeon Han The natural environment of Gangwon-do Province is the foundation of the province’s famous cuisine. Blessed with mountains, sea and land, the province is home to the Taebaek-sanmaek Mountain Range, the backbone of the Korean Peninsula, that marches down the center…
Time for a walk across Gangwon Woljeongsa Temple, founded in 643, is one of the representative Buddhist temples in Gangwon-do Province and a must-visit for tourists to Pyeongchang-gun County. The photo above shows the temple on a snowy day on March 25, 2016. (Korea.net DB) By Kang Gahui and Yoon Sojung Pyeongchang, Gangneung and…
Enjoy the Korean winter outdoors Winter in Korea gets extremely cold and windy. The photo above shows Deogyusan Mountain in Gyeongsangnam-do Province covered in snow. (Korea Tourism Organization) By Lee Kyoung Mi and Kim Young Shin This February, all eyes are on Korea, the host of the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. In…
2018 Olympics, a turning point in tech history The torch for the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games flies onboard a drone powered by Korea’s newest 5G technology, in Seoul on Jan. 13. (Jeon Han) By Xu Aiying and Sohn JiAe Information and communications technologies have grown and evolved on par with the Olympic Games…
See future of tech at Seoul’s Igloo Festival By Jeon Han and Yoon Sojung Photos = Jeon Han Video = Kim Sunjoo Seoul | Jan. 30 An igloo has been built in Seoul Plaza in central Seoul. This is not an ice house to avoid the cold, however. It’s an igloo designed to show off the…
Gangwon-do invites you to its winter festivals Snow sculptures of Soohorang and Bandabi, the official mascots for the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, stand in a snowy field during the 2017 Daegwallyeong Snow Festival in Pyeongchang-gun County, Gangwon-do Province, on Feb. 3, 2017. (Korea.net DB) By Kim Young Deok and Yoon Sojung…
Pyeongchang one of best places to visit in 2018: CNN Travel Pyeongchang-gun County is included as one of the 18 best-places to visit in 2018, as published by CNN Travel on Jan. 1. (CNN Travel Homepage) By Yoon SojungCNN Travel, a tourism website that’s part of CNN, on Jan. 1 selected Pyeongchang-gun County…
