As Korea’s first domed baseball stadium and complex facility for sports and culture, the Gocheok Skydome, which first opened its doors in 2015, celebrated its third anniversary on November 4, 2018. Over the past three years, a total 436 sports games and cultural events were held with a breakthrough of 3.32 million accumulative spectators. Gocheok Skydome, which pioneered the way for domed stadiums in the 100-year history of Korean baseball, is the home stadium for the Nexen Heroes Baseball Club and 279 games were played at Gocheok in three years. Unlike other stadiums with rainouts, baseball fans appreciate Gocheok Skydome for being a ‘stadium without rainouts,’ and both players and spectators enjoyed pleasant games this summer amidst the unprecedented scorching +
Surreal fields of pink grass are drawing attention, becoming a new tourist attraction in Korea. The weird yet exquisite U.S. native pink muhly grass is emerging as the most-sought-after autumn plant, especially because the ornamental grasses offers stunning visual effects +
Department of “Applied Music” of Hanyang University ERICA ranked one of the best at the entry test of early decision plans for college 2019! The vocal major position of this department ranked one of the highest competition rates of 477.5:1 +
Yoona from K-pop girl group Girls’ Generation has been appointed as a talent ambassador for an upcoming big film festival ‘International Film Festival & Awards Macao’. During the press conference for ‘International Film Festival & Awards Macao’ on November 8, +
Kakao M announced on November 8, will be attending the upcoming 2018 Melon Music Awards, which is now in its 10th year. The 2018 Melon Music Awards officially began its first round of voting last month, when it revealed the +
Of all the beautiful autumn sceneries throughout Hangang Park, Seoul introduced four trails that are like treasures hidden in the city and waterside courses along the banks of Hangang River that are stained with the touch of autumn. Book your Pink +
After resting at the hostel for an hour, off we go to our last stop on our first day exploring Seoul. Our hostel is near Chungmuro station so we just waited at the Exit 2 near Daehan Cinema for the +
Foreign tourists will get free admission or discounts at 96 attractions in Seoul, Incheon and Gyeonggi Province, with a special travel card. The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Monday it will issue 6,000 limited versions of the Discover Seoul Pass on +
Following sold-out concerts in North America and Europe, K-pop boy group BTS is gearing up for performances in front of Asian fans starting this month. According to BTS’ concert schedule released by Big Hit Entertainment, the seven-member act is scheduled +
Melon Music Awards, which has become one of the most popular music awards in Korea! Melon Music Awards took off with the 2005 online awards and held its first offline award ceremony in 2009, is celebrating its 10th anniversary this +
Incheon Metropolitan City and Incheon Tourism Organization has hosted the “Incheon Festa 2018” festival organized by the Korean Red Cross Incheon branch on Saturday, April 14. Incheon Festa is the largest in Incheon donation culture festival hosted by the Incheon Metropolitan City branch of the Korean Red Cross, which is +
Kimchi is a representative dish in Korea, but the country has been marking a trade deficit as cheap versions produced in China have been increasingly taking a bigger share in the market. In response, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs announced Thursday a five-year plan to develop the +
Suzy will host the ‘2018 SUZY Asia Fan Meeting Tour – WITH -‘ a fan meeting tour in four Asian regions from May 12 in Taipei to May 26 in Hong Kong, June 24 in Bangkok and July 7 in Seoul. JYP Entertainment (JYP) posted three kinds of posters on +
The new concept screen sports theme park ‘Legend Heros Gangnam’ has exceeded 50,000 visitors in seven months since launching. Legend Heroes is a new type of play space where IT and sports combine to provide a variety of screen sports and arcade games including baseball, curling, and soccer. It is +
Time sure flies when you are having fun. I have been in Seoul for over a month now but it seems like a week. So much to see, so much to do, so much work to get done. The past few weeks especially were filled with meetings, typing, revising and +
South Korea will provide free wireless Internet on public buses across the country later this year, the ICT ministry said Friday, in a move to give citizens better access to the Internet and reduce their phone bills. Free WiFi zones will be set up on some 4,200 buses — one-eighth +
The best place to get the best of anything is at the source. You want the best pasta? Go to Italy! You’re looking for the best pad thai? Visit Thailand! The best sushi? Duh, Japan! So it’s no surprise that the best bibimbap I’ve ever eaten, I had in Korea. +
Korean Hanbok is general trend now. Gwanghwamun, Bukchon Hanok Village and other major tourist attractions in Seoul, you can meet the traveler wearing a colorful hanbok. In the palace which is considered to be the epicenter of Hanbok culture, it is faster to find people who are not wearing lavish +
The Cultural Heritage Administration and the Korea Foundation for Cultural Properties announced that they will show ‘Gyeongbokgung Palace Saenggwabang Program’ for about 8 months from April 4 to November 30. With lovers, friends, and families looking for Gyeongbokgung Palace as a hot place to wear hanbok and leave their once +
As the snow fell, cherry blossoms in full bloom turned into snow flakes. Snow fell on some parts of the central region including Seoul on the afternoon of Sunday, 8th April, and cold weather of the peak was followed. As of 6:30 pm today, some areas of northern Seoul, northern +
In the balmy turquoise sea south of the main Korean peninsula floats the small paradise of Jeju-do. This isle’s center is dominated by South Korea’s tallest peak – a now-dormant volcano called Hallasan – and slopes down into a fantastic, cratered landscape which tells the story of its (quite literally) +
It was crowded with citizens who came to enjoy spring flower festival in Yeouido, Seoul, which was filled with white cherry blossoms on Saturday. There were a lot of cherry blossoms and young lovers who put their youth together on a smartphone, a family who came out with a young +
