Korea to lift overall special travel advisory over COVID-19 The government said Wednesday it was lifting a special travel advisory affecting all overseas travel as a measure against the COVID-19 pandemic. The across-the-board special advisory, introduced in March 2020 and extended on a monthly basis, will be lifted, effective Thursday, in consideration of the country’s...Read More
2022 Gyeongbokgung Palace Evening Admission Evening admission at Gyeongbokgung Palace will begin in April. The Cultural Heritage Administration Gyeongbokgung Office announced this year’s special evening admission program will run for 38 days from April 1 to May 29. However, the palace is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays and during the Royal Culture Festival from May...Read More
South Korea lifts self-quarantine for overseas visitors from March 21 From March 21, COVID-19 vaccinations will be completed at home and abroad, and overseas entrants who have registered their vaccination history will be exempted from the obligation to self-quarantine. The Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters (CDC) said at a regular briefing on March 11th,...Read More
8 Stars of Korean tourism 2021 The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, and Korea Tourism Organization have selected eight provincial places including Seogwipo Forest of Healing on Jeju Island and Banwoldo Island, known more famously as Sinan Purple Island in Sinan-gun County, Jeollanam-do Province, as the winners of this year’s Korea Tourism Awards. Since...Read More
Korea will recognize foreign vaccination Korea will recognize foreign nationals’ vaccination history abroad so they can be verified as “vaccinated” against COVID-19, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA), Thursday. This move is aimed at including them in the “vaccine pass” program and facilitating their receiving of booster shots here. The KDCA...Read More
Korea will ease mandatory quarantine rules to attract more international travelers Korea will ease mandatory quarantine rules gradually to attract more international travelers as part of efforts to support a rebound of the tourism industry that has been hit hard by the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic. The decision was made during a government meeting on tourism...Read More
South Korea and Singapore agreed to exempt vaccinated travelers from mandatory quarantine South Korea and Singapore agreed Friday to exempt or ease vaccinated travelers from mandatory quarantine upon arrival, in a major step to help revitalize people-to-people exchanges between the two sides in the midst of the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, according to related ministries here...Read More
K-Incentive Explorers Be the First One to experience the 19 Best Incentive Tour Programs in Korea selected by the Korea Tourism Organization! We are recruiting “K-Incentive Explorers” to experience outstanding tour programs for free only by reviewing them! [Event Name] Korean Incentive Tour Program: Monitoring Fam Tour [Period] October ~ November 2021 *registration period: ~11.5(Fri.) [Eligibility] “Foreigners...Read More
BTS vs BTS: ‘Butter’ returns to top of Billboard South Korean supergroup BTS sat atop the Billboard’s main singles chart for the ninth consecutive week as its hit single “Butter” returned to the throne after briefly giving way to its own latest single. “‘Butter’ officially returns to No. 1 on this week’s #Hot100 chart for...Read More
BTS as Korea’s special envoy for public diplomacy President Moon Jae-in appointed South Korean boy band BTS as his special envoy for public diplomacy Wednesday. In their capacity of “special presidential envoy for future generations and culture,” the members of the group plan to attend major international meetings, including the 75th session of the U.N....Read More
