Floral festivals across Korea

Floral festivals across Korea   The Million Rose Garden in Bucheon-si, Gyeonggi-do Province, hosts a rose festival from May 27 to June 11. (Bucheon City’s official blog)   By Lee Yoonseo and Sohn JiAe  Full-blown flowers are ringing out the late spring of May and welcoming the early summer of June all across the Korean Peninsula. An abundance…

Time for a walk across Gangwon

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

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…