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Seoul Lantern Festival 2014 -- organized by Seoul Metropolitan City -- will take place Nov. 7 to Nov. 23. Some 2.5 million people are expected to take in the festival, Seoul City said. The festival takes place along Cheongyecheon Stream Plaza all the way to Supyokyo, downtown Seoul, covering a …
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Celebrations, Millennium Seoul Hilton is hosting a full line-up of special celebratory events. From special gourmet dinners to a spectacular Christmas tree and Christmas train display (complete with a miniature Alpine village), you’ll have plenty of activities to choose from to enhance your holiday…
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Participants of the WARP Summit pose for a group photo as Man Hee Lee, the chairman of HWPL, Nam Hee Kim, the chairwoman of IWPG, former heads of state and incumbent chiefs of government of 20 countries, 2,000 leaders of the religious sector, youth groups and women’s groups gathered at the Olympic …
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A scene from the replica of a ceremony held by men in old palace guards uniforms in front of the Gwangwhamun Gate in Seoul during the Jeoson Dynasty(1392-1910).
Seoul Metropolitan City plans to beef up its tourism promotion programs this year, focused on the ancient city’s famou…
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A nightly view of the Gwangan Grand Bridge in Busan.
Busan City plans to develop its tourism policies for foreign tourists under the main theme of recalling old Busan and enjoying visiting the tourist sites in the old harbor city.
The Yeongdo Bridge is the first tourist location in the largest p…
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A view of the Suwon Castle in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, built during the Jeoson Dynasty (1392-1910).
Gyeonggi Province has a string of tour programs for Tourism Week. One of the tour programs is named the Pine Nut Fragrance Forest Healing with the main content being the Pine Nut Forest on Yeonin …
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A scenery of Dodam Sambong in Danyang, Chungcheongbuk-do.
Dir.-Gen Shin Chan-yn of the Tourism Bureau of the Chungcheongbuk-do Administration, said the province has around 10 tourism programs ready for tourists to take advantage of during Tourism Week in the autumn, with various exotic themes such …
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An aerial view of Mt. Saorak in Gangwon Province, in the east coast. (photos: Gangwon-do)
Gangwon Province has a number of major tourism programs to make this fall’s Tourism Week (Sept. 25-Oct. 5) more meaningful and exciting.
The tour courses in the programs will be connected to the four major l…
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On July 21, Millennium Seoul Hilton will open the doors of its new all day-dining, flagship restaurant - Cafe 395.
Following a three-month-long renovation period, the much anticipated Cafe 395 will welcome diners to a special market-to-table dining experience ? with emphasis on the fine…
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T he Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) has refurbished the publicity room for cultural tourism at Cheong Wa Dae, the presidential mansion, and officially opened it on May 27.
The newly refurbished facility at the presidential office was reopened after maintenance and repairs to continue to play its …
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Hong Jin-bae, president of the IITP poses for a photo with Minister of Science and ICT Yoo Sang-im and Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon during a ceremony for the opening of the National AI Research Lab at the AI Hub in Seoul on Oct. 28. (Photo : SMG) Hong…
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President Kim Tae-hyun of the National Pension Service (NPS) participates in a relay campaign to improve awareness of population issues at NPS headquarters in Jeonju on Nov. 27. (Photo: NPS)The number of recipients of the national pension scheme has …
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Prime Minister Han Duck-soo delivers a commemorative speech at the 50th National Quality Management Convention at COEX in Samseong-dong, Seoul, on Nov. 20. (Photo on the courtesy of the OPC)The 50th National Quality Management Convention took place a…
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Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon presides over an emergency economy meeting designed to ease economic uncertainties, caused by the recent political unrest at Seoul City Hall on Dec. 10. (Photo: SMG)Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon said on Dec. 9 the Seoul Metropolitan G…
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