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The 15th Muju Firefly Festival
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16570 | May 19, 2011 |
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The fire flies of Muju are considered to be so special, that they have been designated as one of Korea’s natural monume nts. Of the various programs of this festival, the nighttime fireflies expl...
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Haeundae Sand Festival │Busan
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27022 | May 16, 2011 |
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This festival takes place at Busan’s beautiful Haeundae Beach, an extremely popular summer vacation spot. The festival’s program is full of events inspired by the beach’s beautiful white sand. One of the...
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Namsan Million-Person Walking Festival
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35811 | May 13, 2011 |
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The Seoul Metropolitan Government will hold the Namsan Million-Person Walking Festival at Namsan Fountain Plaza at 10 am on May 14. The event is open to anyone, including Seoul citizens, foreigne...
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Experience traditional Asian medicine at Changdeok Palace
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17840 | May 12, 2011 |
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Photo courtesy of Korea Tourism
OrganizationThe Cultural Heritage
Administration of Korea is hosting its second traditional Asian medicine event
at Seongjeonggak Pavilion in Changdeok Palace daily ...
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Seoul to open new contemporary art museum
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30584 | May 11, 2011 |
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Prize-winning architectural design for the National Museum of Contemporary Art’s new annex building in Seoul (Photo courtesy of the National Museum of Contemporary Art)
On May 3, the National ...
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Chuncheon International Mime Festival
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24303 | May 06, 2011 |
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The Chuncheon International Mime festival features exciting innovative mime and street performances that showcases the talents of many master performers. Chuncheon is within easy reach of Seoul. Tr...
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The Lotus Lantern Parade│Seoul
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37133 | Apr 25, 2011 |
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100,000 Lotus Lanterns brighten the world and the heart! Experience a brilliant ocean of light from the countless handheld lanterns and the giant lantern floats in the festival’s main event, the ...
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The 2011 Hi Seoul Festival
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19321 | Apr 21, 2011 |
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The 2011 Hi Seoul Festival (sponsored by Seoul and the Seoul Foundation of Arts and Culture) is one of the main festivals of Seoul. This year, the event takes place in the spring from May 5 ...
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Meet the traditional mounted guards at Deoksugung
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18966 | Apr 18, 2011 |
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From April 5 to the end of October, visitors to Deoksugung Palace can meet with traditional mounted guards during the royal guard-changing ceremony. The guards ride through the street from the palace ...
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Culture Ministry to host green tourism event
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18963 | Apr 15, 2011 |
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The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will host a special “Bicycle and Green Train” event on April 16 in the city of Sangju, North Gyeongsang Province, to mark the “Week of Green ...
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Jeonju International Film Festival
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21820 | Apr 12, 2011 |
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The Jeonju International Film Festival, an exciting combination of fun and film, is a fantastic 9-day spring outing
filled with a wide range of events and movies. The celebration is held in ...
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Seoul - monthly weekend Pungmul Market
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20199 | Apr 09, 2011 |
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The Seoul Pungmul (Folk Flea) Market, a representative pungmul market (folk flea market) in Korea, is held on the last Saturday of every month. During market hours, a diversity of interesting programs are...
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Hangang Yeouido Spring Flower Festival to begin on April 8
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24531 | Apr 07, 2011 |
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(Photo: Yeongdeungpo district office) The 7th Hangang Yeoido Spring Flower Festival will take place from April 8 to 19 in the Yeoido area. The festival, hosted annually by the Yeongdeungpo dist...
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Hansik (The Cold Food Festival)
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30348 | Apr 06, 2011 |
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In Korea, The Cold Food Festival or Hansik (literally meaning "cold food") is a traditional Korean holiday. In the modern version of Hansik, people welcome the warm weather thawing the frozen...
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Korean Arbor Day (Sikmogil)
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149090 | Apr 05, 2011 |
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This year marks the 66th National Arbor Day in Korea, which falls on April 5th. Known in Korean as “Sikmogil” (literally “tree-planting day”), a nationwide tree planting campaign takes place ever...
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Jeju aims to become one of New 7 Wonders of Nature
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30975 | Feb 25, 2011 |
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Jeju-do, Korea's largest island, is competing to be listed in the New Seven
Wonders of the Nature, an initiative led by the Swiss-based non-profit
New7wonders Foundation. The island is the only c...
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Greet the first full moon on Jeongwol Daeboreum
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26493 | Feb 17, 2011 |
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Jwibulnori, a game where children swing burning cans of charcoal around
While the lunar New Year on February 3 is one of the
biggest holidays of the Korean lunar calendar, it’s far from the ...
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Seoul City offers Korean language classes tailored to foreign residents
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24533 | Feb 09, 2011 |
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Seoul City is running “tailored Korean classes” for foreigners residing in
the capital. The language classes are available at 14 centers run by
Seoul City that include the Seoul Global Center, Global ...
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Seoul City to build “Hangeul Maruzi” in Sejong-ro
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28032 | Jan 19, 2011 |
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Seoul City will develop Sejong-ro and its surrounding area
into a “cultural tourism hub” featuring Hangeul in a bid to promote the Korean
alphabet as a global cultural product. Seoul City said that it ...
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Seoul’s parks boast colorful night views
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24751 | Jan 19, 2011 |
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No matter how freezing it the night may be, Seoul parks have been
attracting the crowds to see their mesmerizing and colorful lights. Seoul City
have introduced parks boasting such great night view...
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