Temple stay program attracts non-Korean tourists Tourists attend a temple stay program at Woljeongsa Temple in Pyeongchang-gun County, Gangwon-do Province, on May 27. By Kim Young Deok and Kim Young Shin Photos= Woljeongsa Temple Many tourists from overseas visited Buddhist temples in Korea during the spring travel week. According to the Ministry…
Enjoy summer evenings at Gyeongbokgung Palace Seoul’s beautiful Gyeongbokgung Palace will be open in the evening from June 14 to 29, giving visitors a chance to sample some court cuisine and to listen to some traditional gugak music. (Cultural Heritage Administration) By Kim Eun-young and Kim Young Shin Evening tours of Gyeongbokgung…
Seoullo 7017 invites you to take a pleasant stroll Seoullo 7017, a raised city walkway built on an overpass from the 1970s that was closed to traffic in 2015, opens to the public on May 20. By Kang Gahui and Kim Young Shin Photos = Kang Gahui May 20, 2017 | Seoul…
Taiwanese tourists head to Busan The Taiwanese soap opera ‘Marry Me or Not’ (必娶女人) was filmed at major tourist spots in Busan. (‘Marry Me or Not’ Facebook profile) By Xu Aiying and Kim Young Shin More and more Taiwanese tourists are coming to Busan after seeing TV shows and movies filmed in Busan.…
Seoul announced official spring flower trails The pathway along the Anyangcheon Stream in Yeongdeungpo-gu District, Seoul, offers some of the most beautiful cherry blossom walking trails every April. Spring has sprung. The flower buds have started to bloom and warm and sunnier weather has arrived. In Seoul, forsythia and azalea are expected to fully…
Maehwa apricot blossoms welcome spring The Wondong Maehwa Festival, held in Yangsan-si, Gyeongsangnam-do Province, will welcome guests with maehwa apricot flowers on March 18 and 19 this year. In Seoul, people are still wearing thick coats and scarves to block out the cold wind, but in the southern parts of the Korean Peninsula,…
Spring has sprung along Jeju’s canola trails At the Seogwipo Yuchae Canola Flower International Walking Festival, held in Seogwipo-si, Jeju Island, on March 18 and 19, participants can walk on 5-km, 10-km or 15-km trails that weave through the island’s blooming fields of canola flowers. The trails connect several tourist attractions along the…
Major Leaguers explore Seoul’s attractions MLB.com’s section Cut 4 features Team Israel’s Josh Zeid (left) and Ryan Lavarnway’s adventure through the streets of Seoul on March 4, as they try as many street foods as they can get their hands on, just days before the World Baseball Classic (WBC) opening against Korea on March…
Entertainment, cuisine at 2018 Winter Olympic host city lures global media “Skiing on the slopes, a Korea-style jimjilbang (찜질방) hot sauna, and Hanwoo beef (한우, 韓牛).” These are three things that CNN says you must do when you visit Pyeongchang, Gangwon-do Province, one of the three host cities for next year’s PyeongChang 2018…
Pyeongchang, Olympic city of winter festivities Visitors can go ice-fishing for trout at the annual Pyeongchang Trout Festival, on the frozen Odaecheon River in Jinbu-myeon Town in Pyeongchang, Gangwon-do Province. The snow-capped city of Pyeongchang in Gangwon-do Province is not only the host of the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, but…
