Popular nighttime tours of royal palaces here will resume next week, months after their suspension due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the Cultural Heritage Administration said Saturday. The Gyeongbokgung Palace Starlight Tour will start Wednesday and run through June 8, while the Changdeok Palace Moonlight Tour will open Thursday until June 21, according to the CHA....Read More
Talk Talk Korea 2020, the biggest global contest for Korea-related content, began on May 15 for a four-month run. The Korean Culture and Information Service (KOCIS), an affiliate of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, has held the annual contest since 2014, with the inaugural event jointly run with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs....Read More
South Korea will resume tours to the demilitarized zone (DMZ) that were frozen due to the coronavirus, starting with trips to the truce village of Panmunjom next month, announced Minister of Unification Kim Yeon-chul on Thursday. Panmunjom, the site of the signing of the armistice agreement to end the 1950-53 Korean War, will likely be...Read More
Jeju Island and Gangwon Province, both popular domestic tourist destinations, will enhance quarantine measures for visitors during the long weekend, bracing for a possible second wave of COVID-19 infections, officials said Wednesday. The “golden holiday” includes Buddha’s Birthday on Thursday, International Workers’ Day on Friday and Children’s Day on May 5, giving people a chance...Read More
A walking tour is gaining popularity among South Koreans, especially those in their 20s and 30s, as an alternative to expensive, cumbersome forms of travel, government data showed. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Tourism Organization earlier this week announced the result of their survey about Koreans’ experience of tours on...Read More
A series of live concerts K-pop boy band BTS performed since 2014 will be shown for free on YouTube this weekend to entertain fans at home in this time of coronavirus self-quarantine. The band’s management agency, Big Hit Entertainment, said a total of eight concerts and fan meeting events by the boy band will be...Read More
Incheon Metropolitan City and Incheon Tourism Organization announced on the 17th April that Incheon’s representative Korean Wave content “2020 INK Concert” was selected as the highest grade in the 2020 K-pop concert support project organized by the Korea Tourism Organization this year, securing KRW 200 million won in state funds. In order to attract foreign...Read More
Starting Sunday, South Korea is to test everyone entering the country from Europe — Koreans and foreign nationals alike — for the novel coronavirus, as the government scrambles to prevent infections coming in from abroad. Returnees and travelers arriving in the country from Europe for a long-term stay will be required to self-quarantine at their...Read More
Cherry blossoms have begun to bloom in Jeju, the queen of spring flowers. The magnolia, which bloomed in full bloom, began to shed its leaves little by little, and it is simply a perfect spring with the help of forsythia blossoms. On February 23, the Jeju city government canceled the 22nd Jeju King Cherry Blossom...Read More
In South Korea, drive-throughs have been used on many different occasions to tackle the novel coronavirus. For one, an Army boot camp at the 6th Infantry Division decided to ask families and friends to drop off new recruits from their cars without permitting vehicles to be parked. Family members, friends, and loved ones had to...Read More
