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Everland holds New Year events

Dec 6, 2019

Everland theme park in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, is holding “2020 Begin Again with Everland,” a series of events to welcome the year 2020 through next February. Kicking off the events is a drawing ...
[Eye plus] Once a ghetto, now tourist hot spot

Dec 6, 2019

Gamcheon Culture Village, a hilltop village in Busan’s Saha district, is a tourist hot spot, drawing an increasing number of visitors. Camera-toting tourists from Korea and elsewhere explore terrace...
JW Marriott Dongdaemun Square Seoul named chain’s best hotel in Asia Pacific

Dec 6, 2019

JW Marriott Dongdaemun Square Seoul was named the best-performer of the hospitality group’s more than 750 properties in the Asia-Pacific region, the hotel said Wednesday. The global hotel chain reco...
[Travel Bits] Festivals and sights across Korea

Dec 5, 2019

Little Prince Starlight Festival of Petite France The sixth Little Prince Starlight Festival of Petite France will be held throughout the Petite France Park in Gapyeong, Gyeonggi Province, until Feb...
Wizard, character themed kids rooms at Kensington

Dec 5, 2019

Kensington Hotel and Resort has added new types of “character kids rooms” to its Chungju and Gyeongju resort branches in order to appeal to families with young children. The “wizard’s room” at the b...
Mount Bukak to be fully open to public starting in 2022: Cheong Wa Dae

Dec 3, 2019

The mountain just behind the presidential compound will be fully opened to the public in stages before mid-2022, more than a half century after it became off-limits to the public for security reasons...
S. Korea updates travel advisories on 18 countries

Dec 3, 2019

South Korea adjusted its travel advisory for 18 countries on Tuesday to reflect the latest developments that may affect travelers, the foreign ministry said. The special travel advisory currently pl...
[Travel Bits] Festivals and sights across Korea

Nov 29, 2019

Little Prince Starlight Festival of Petite France The sixth Little Prince Starlight Festival of Petite France will be held throughout the Petite France Park in Gapyeong, Gyeonggi Province, from Dec....
[Video] While in Busan, don’t miss 2 things: Excitement and adventure

Nov 26, 2019

The Korea Herald’s intern reporters visited Busan -- the host city of the 2019 ASEAN-ROK summit -- as it was getting boisterous and busy for the international event. Busan has, among other things, s...
[Eye Plus] Tracing footsteps of beloved author Kim Yu-jeong

Nov 22, 2019

After an hour and 20 minutes’ ride on a train from Cheongnyangni bound for Chuncheon, Gangwon Province, you reach a small station named after a 20th-century novelist beloved by many Koreans: Kim Yu-j...
[Travel Bits] Festivals and sights across Korea

Nov 22, 2019

Chrysanthemum Exhibition of the Garden of Morning Calm (1) Visitors to the Chrysanthemum Exhibition can enjoy the blazing fall foliage of nearby Chungnyeongsan and the golden waves created by the pi...
[Eye Plus] A stroll through Korea’s naval history

Nov 15, 2019

Since the early history of the Korean Peninsula, the Han River has served as a strategic waterway and was the center of a power struggle among the Three Kingdoms of Baekje, Silla and Goguryeo. It wa...
[Weekender] Busan beckons

Nov 15, 2019

Korea-ASEAN summit host city brims with culture, history and vitality
[Travel Bits] Festivals and sights across Korea

Nov 15, 2019

Chrysanthemum Exhibition of the Garden of Morning Calm Visitors to the Chrysanthemum Exhibition can enjoy the blazing fall foliage of nearby Chungnyeongsan and the golden waves created by the pine t...
Shopping for herring: Marketplaces in Busan

Nov 15, 2019

Busan’s vitality is best captured in markets BUSAN -- The port city of Busan has long been a hub for exports and imports. While it relinquished its status as a gateway city to Incheon long ago, it i...