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An ad for Hangang Summer FestivalA scene from the Fire Dance Program performed during the festival last year. (Photos: Seoul City)
Seoul City has kicked off a month-long festival along the Han River entitled “Hangang All-in (Mongttang) Summer Festival.” Eighty programs in 80 different colors have…
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President & CEO Lee Hee-beom of the Organizing Committee of the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018. (Photos: Organizing Committee of the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018)
With a little more than 200 days left before the opening of Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018, Korea’s preparat…
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Key officials of Kangwon Land led by CEO Hahm Sung-hee cut the cake in an opening ceremony for High1 Resort Singapore Branch on May 12, 2017.(Photo: Kangwon Land)
Kangwon Land opened its first overseas office in Singapore as part of a push to diversify its operation into non-casino areas such as to…
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KTO officials hold Suhorang dolls, the mascot for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic slated to be held in PyeongChang, Gangwon Province Feb. 8-25, 2018, to promote the winter sports extravaganza at Tokyo’s Haneda Int’l Airport upon arrival. They landed at the airport early this …
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A group of Korean dignitaries is shown at the May 18 opening of the Korea Tourism Organization booth at Tokyo’s Haneda Int’l Airport to promote the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics set to run Feb. 9-25 in PyeongChang, Gangwon Province, Korea. They included Gov. Choi Moon-soon of Gangwon Province, …
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Millennium Seoul Hilton is offering a special room package for Seoul urbanites to take advantage of the much anticipated Seoullo 7017, which will be open to the public on May 20th. The ambitious project reclaims large elevated roads and remodels them into pedestrian-friendly walkways abound with l…
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Jorge Costa Oliveira, Portuguese secretary of state for internationalization affairs
Jorge Costa Oliveira, Portuguese secretary of state for internationalization affairs, wound up a five-day official visit to Korea on June 15, designed to cement bilateral ties between the two countries. His latest …
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KOTFA 2017 (Korea World Travel Fair) opened the gate to the public on 1 June 2017. They celebrated its 32th anniversary as well, with many tourism-related industry officials including President Hong Ju-min of Korea World Travel Fair and Chairman Shin Jung-mok of the Organizing Committee for 2017 KOT…
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Seolbong Lake in Icheon, Gyeongigi-do, is part of the venue of the Icheon Ceramic Festival that took place from April 28 to May 14.
(Photo: Icheon Ceramic Festival)The government designated the period April 29 to May 14 as a time to travel in Korea to reinvigorate the domestic tourism industry.Duri…
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Seoullo 7017, opened on May 20 for public, seen at night from the side of Ahyon-dong, the other side of the Seoul Railroad Station.A part of Seoullo 7017 filled with pedestrians enjoying the new walkway decorated with plants and trees along the walk.(Photos: Seoul City)
At the stroke of midni…
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Shinhan Financial Group Chairman Jin Ok-dong poses for a photo with Japan’s Financial Services Agency Commissioner Yutaka Ito at the Korea-Japan Financial Cooperation Seminar at the Korea Exchange in Seoul, on Aug. 4 and 8. (Photo: Shinhan Financial…
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Chairman Yang Jong-hee of KB Financial Group. (Photos: KB Financial Group)KB Financial Group has entered the global ESG investment index ‘FTSE4Good’ for the 15th consecutive year, reaffirming its global leadership in sustainable management. Th…
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President Jeong Jeong-hoon of Korea Asset Management Corporation (KAMCO) and President Kim Jun-seok of the Korea Maritime Transportation Safety Authority (KOMSA) pose for a group photo after they signed an MOU to remove blind spots in ship financing …
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KDIC President Yoo Jae-hoon poses for a photo with Dominique Laboureix, chair of the SRB), Chairman of the SRB and KDIC Vice President Yoo Dae-il, and others on July 22. (Photo: KDIC)President Yoo Jae-hoon of Korea Deposit Insurance Corporation (KDIC…
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