The changing of the royal guard ceremony at Seoul’s Deoksugung Palace has been resumed for the first time in eight months since the event was suspended due to COVID-19. The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced that the ceremony and the guard parade will be restarted from Oct. 20 at Daehanmun Gate of the palace, as the...Read More
Andong City, North Gyeongsang Province, announced on the 14th of October that the Andong episode of the viral video promoting Korean tourism, which has recently attracted sensational popularity at home and abroad, was released on YouTube and Facebook on the 13th of October along with the Mokpo and Gangneung episodes. Seoul, Busan, and Jeonju episodes...Read More
A monthlong heritage festival that explores South Korea’s royal palaces and culture will kick off this weekend, with some of this year’s events scheduled to be held online amid the new coronavirus, officials said Friday. The sixth Royal Culture Festival will take place at Gyeongbok, Changdeok, Deoksu and Changgyeong palaces as well as Jongmyo Shrine...Read More
Travolution announced on the 21st of September that it has released a “Seoul Pass Travel Gift Card” for foreign travelers. Travolution is a company that operates OTA (Online Professional Travel Agency) platform called ‘Seoul Pass’. It broadcasts single-product travel packages such as tickets, tours and activities to foreign travelers visiting Korea. There are two types...Read More
Jeju Olle Walking Festival Now in its 11th year, the Jeju Olle Walking Festival takes place in Jeju’s most beautiful season, Autumn. It is a festival that keeps you going, and enjoying the culture, arts, performance, and local eats while hiking a route a day. More than 10,000 participants com from all around the world,...Read More
South Korean President Moon Jae-in emphasized Monday the importance of global cooperation, based on multilateralism, in the fight against the novel coronavirus. “Solidarity and cooperation is a power unique to humans that a virus can never match,” he said in a video speech during an annual United Nations meeting. “At the same time, it is...Read More
Health authorities say the upcoming national holiday will pose the biggest challenge yet for their disease containment efforts, with millions of South Koreans expected to hit the road for Chuseok between Sept. 30 and Oct. 4. Popular vacation towns around the country are once again on alert over an influx of travelers potentially bringing the...Read More
Local broadcaster MBC announced Thursday the name of 11 K-pop stars who will participate in a dog agility competition. The lineup of the “2020 Idol Woof Woof Championship” includes MAMAMOO’s Moonbyul, GOT7’s Youngjae, Golden Child’s Jaehyun and Bomin, (G)I-DLE’s Shuhua, Lovelyz’s Jisoo, Cosmic Girls’ (WJSN) Soobin, Loona’s HeeJin and Choerry, Kim Woo-seok and former Wonder...Read More
Seoul metropolitan government said Thursday it will unveil a series of YouTube videos through which global fans of Korean pop culture can experience various aspects of the culture with popular K-pop boy band Seventeen. The series, titled “Seoul Hallyu Staycation with Seventeen,” will be uploaded this Saturday and on Sept. 25, on the city’s official...Read More
With the South Korean release of Walt Disney’s live-action remake “Mulan” just a day away, refreshed calls to boycott the film have been growing here on social media due to a few controversies. The film has been under fire since its lead actress Liu Yifei posted comments supporting Hong Kong’s police in their crackdown on...Read More
