Asiana Airlines will launch additional flights to Hawaii, Seattle, and other North American destinations from July 10 to cope with the bulging number of vacationers during the summer. The airline had originally scheduled to start the new flights on July 21, the air carrier said recently.The air carr…

The government plans to nurture the domestic content industry to step up the momentum of hallyu, better known as the Korean Wave. In this regard, it will establish the tentatively-named Story Creation Institute, designed to explore stories, a driving force behind the domestic content industry, as we…

Hong Ju-min, secretary-general of the Visit Korea Committee, said the Korea Grand Sale tourism promotion campaign conducted by the Visit Korea Committee this year to attract foreign tourists during the off-season resulted in 34.5 billion won in sales, triple that of last year, with the number of par…

A photo of a jumbo passenger jet plane in service at Asiana Airlines, which plans to import more of such super passenger jets including six A380s  in 2014.Asiana Airlines has designated its management theme as “new creation and creative reform” in a bid to sustain its growth for a t…

Sixteen city and provincial governments have agreed to share strategies to attract 11 million foreign visitors during this year and improve tourism preparedness as well as beef up cooperation with the central government.Some 40 people, including Shin Yong-un, director general of the Tourism Industry…

President Lee Chae-wook of Incheon Int'l AirportThe Incheon International Airport won the top Airport Service Quality Award for a seventh years in a row recently, the Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs announced on Feb. 14.The ministry announced the news at the Trinity Forum of Airport…

Director General Shin Yong-un in charge of tourism at the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and tourism director generals from city and provincial governments around the country attend a tourism workshop in Jeju on Feb. 10. Sixteen city and provincial governments have agreed to share stra…

  A Korean Air cargo plane loading cargoes at its terminal in Incheon Int'l Airport.Korean Airlines plans to recapture its position as the top air cargo carrier in the world by importing seven new B747-8F air cargo carriers by 2015 along with its new strategy to go for high value-added bus…

Genji offers Nabemono (Japanese-style one-pot meal) specials. Genji, Millennium Seoul Hilton's Japanese restaurant, is pleased to announce a special Nabemono promotion from now until the end of February.  The perfect antidote to the cold winter, Nabemono is a Japanese-style one-pot meal. &…