Popular nighttime tours of royal palaces here will resume next week, months after their suspension due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the Cultural Heritage Administration said Saturday. The Gyeongbokgung Palace Starlight Tour will start Wednesday and run through June 8, while the Changdeok Palace Moonlight Tour will open Thursday until June 21, according to the CHA. Tickets for the nocturnal programs are available for purchase at the e-commerce website Auction (ticket.auction.co.kr). A special program named Gyeongbok Palace Saenggwabang, which provides tourists a chance to experience a traditional tea ceremony and enjoy dessert, will also start a one-month run Wednesday. Music concerts will be also held at Gyeongbok every weekend from May 30 to July 12. At the same time, the changing +
You would be hard-pressed to find a bigger male solo K-pop star than Jung Ji-hoon, aka Rain, from the better part of the 2000s. Rain was then lauded by the South Korean media as the country’s one and only “world +
Hyundai Heavy Industries’ latest 2,600-ton frigate “Jose Rizal” departed for the Philippines carrying COVID-19 relief supplies products such as masks and disinfectants. Hyundai Heavy Industries announced on the 18th of May that it held an event at its headquarters in +
Talk Talk Korea 2020, the biggest global contest for Korea-related content, began on May 15 for a four-month run. The Korean Culture and Information Service (KOCIS), an affiliate of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, has held the annual +
South Korea added 13 new cases of the new coronavirus on Sunday with nightclub-linked infections showing signs of a slowdown over the weekend, health authorities said Sunday. The new cases, detected Saturday, brought the country’s total to 11,050, according to +
KCON, a major K-pop and Korean culture festival series held overseas every year, will be held partly online due to the COVID-19 pandemic, its organizer announced Thursday. Under this year’s banner theme “KCON:TACT 2020 Summer,” KCON will be streamed on +
Having rescheduled the entire itinerary of its world tour this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, K-pop boy band BTS will stage a live online concert next month, inviting fans from across the world, its management agency said Thursday. The +
K-pop stars gather in one place for the world tired of COVID-19. Hosted and organized by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Creative Content Agency at the CKL Stage in Jung-gu, Seoul for three days from +
With two K-pop sensations, BTS and BIGBANG, warming up to release new albums, the K-pop community is on course to host an unprecedentedly star-studded lineup of artists coming back to rock the music scene this year. Breaking out of its +
The health authorities renewed calls Tuesday for people who visited five Itaewon clubs between late April and early May to come forward for voluntary testing as officials struggle to trace those possibly infected with COVID-19 and others who could be +
Kang Daniel of K-pop boy group Wanna One gained 1 million followers on Instagram in the shortest amount of time. +
SBS, KBS, and MBC held various entertainment awards from December 25 to 31, 2018. The stars, who were active in +
BTS performed its first IDOL performance in 2019 at the 2018 MBC Gayo Daejejeon. “2018 MBC Gayo Daejejeon” aired live +
Wanna One, about to be disbanded, soothed fan with a colorful stage. MBC Gayo Daejejeon: The Live was broadcast live +
MBC has announced the final lineup for its year-end program “Gayo Daejejeon,” including stellar groups such as TVXQ, EXO, and +
MBC ‘Gayo Daejejeon : the live’ in 2018 the map to its former splendor in the various genres of singers +
Kim Yeon Ja’s Amor Fati has excited the viewers as well as all the singers who appeared on the final +
Year-end music shows are the time for K-pop artists to expose their hidden charms and wow fans with unexpected collaborations, +
The 28th High1 Seoul Music Awards is the place where the music industry will be reckoned in 2018. The awards +
2018 SBS Gayo Daejun that will showcase the world of KPOP music aired by SBS in Christmas day. The Christmas +
2018 SBS Gayo Daejun will air on SBS at 5:30 p.m. on Christmas Day, December 25. It will also be +
A gala performance of KPOP stars in the music scene will make a new record be set in ‘Seoul Music +
Samsung Electronics on Friday launched its flagship smartphone Galaxy S20 models in 20 nations, including the US, Canada, Singapore, Vietnam, Puerto Rico, and others — with plans to release them in 130 nations by end-March. The new smartphone model comes in three types: 6.2-inch Galaxy S20, 6.7-inch S20 Plus, and +
The United States is unlikely to apply its highest travel advisory to all of South Korea, a U.S. business lobby said March 5th, citing Seoul’s aggressive efforts to contain the coronavirus outbreak. Last week, the U.S. raised its travel advisory for Daegu to Level 4, the highest level, urging Americans +
BTS is the most popular K-pop group in the Philippines, as well as around the globe. As a BTS fan, I had a survey thru Facebook group of BTS Fans in the Philippines, or the Filipino ARMY’s. Here are some reasons why they so much love BTS. 1. THEY ARE +
People who show symptoms of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) can get diagnosed at drive-through screening clinics while remaining in their vehicles. Such clinics are highly efficient because they require no negative room pressure facilities, a method used by hospitals to differentiate pressure in and out of a room to prevent +
Wearing face masks on buses and subways — and even at the office — has become the new normal criterion in South Korea amid the coronavirus outbreak. People are washing their hands and sanitizing the surfaces they’ve touched as often as possible, and personal hygiene products are in high demand. +
The Philippines is lifting a travel ban to Korea, only a week after imposing it over coronavirus concerns. According to Korea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Tuesday, Philippines citizens are now allowed to visit Korea, except for North Gyeongsang Province, including Daegu ― the hardest hit areas. Presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo +
Actors in the second season of the smash-hit Netflix zombie thriller “Kingdom” said Thursday that the upcoming series will be a real cliffhanger as it has some fresh ideas and plots. The sequel to the first Korean original series by Netflix is a story of a crown prince of the +
While the COVID-19 situation is affecting Korean daily life a lot, the ‘How to Never Get Coronavirus’ has become a hot topic among Korean netizens. In fact, the method is not a medical way of prevention but the Internet meme, which has recently spread to major Korean humor community sites. +
Shincheonji church, the cult at the center of a rapid increase in coronavirus cases in South Korea said today that it has donated 12 billion won (US$10.1 million) to the country’s battle against the spread of COVID-19. The church said it made the donation to the Community Chest of Korea, +
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is cutting its global growth forecasts over the coronavirus outbreak. IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva said the global economic outlook has shifted to “more dire scenarios” as the virus has spread undetected, though she added it is still difficult to predict the impacts. “It is, +
A batch of newly commissioned nursing officers headed to Daegu, the southeastern city hit hardest by the novel coronavirus, to help treat a skyrocketing number of infected patients. Commissioned as lieutenants a week earlier than scheduled, the 75 officers will work at the military’s hospital in Daegu, one of several +
A month ago, a plethora of articles filled almost every newspaper, arguing the coronavirus (now Covid-19) was being exaggerated. A month on and the writers responsible for those articles are likely wishing they could retract them. If we had expectations of what Covid-19 might become, for many of us, those +
The monarch whose face appears on Korea’s KRW 10,000 bill is none other than King Sejong the Great, the fourth +
Singer Heize has collaborated with BTS’ songwriting mastermind Suga for the first time, and the pair’s song is set to +
Celebrity couple Song Joong-ki and Song Hye-kyo will end their marriage after 20 months, Song Joong-ki’s attorney announced on Thursday +
Seoul City Tour Bus, one of two bus companies providing hop-on, hop-off rides between key city landmarks, is now offering +
My 2 months stay in Jeonju, South Korea made me an independent person. I always go out alone every weekday +
Seoul Summer Sale 2019 will be held for a period of 31 days from July 1st to July 31st and +
A food truck zone will be set up on a street in Namdaemun Market in central Seoul, to better vitalize +
Lotte Duty Free store has unveiled the final lineup of its “2019 Lotte Duty Free Family Concert.” Lotte Duty Free’s +
Korea’s one of the top 10 University, Hanyang University Erica Campus will be held a K-pop Summer camp 2019 for +
Major landmarks in Seoul were illuminated in purple, the signature color of sensational K-pop band BTS, on Saturday as the +
Red Velvet is kicking off its own kind of music festival with the new EP “The ReVe Festival: Day 1,” +
Four K-pop groups have been nominated for the 2019 Teen Choice Awards, and fans can vote for their favorites until +
Major landmarks in Seoul will be illuminated in violet, the signature color of the sensational K-pop band BTS, over the +
This summer is expected to be hotter than usual, prompting authorities at the nation’s 270 beaches to step up preparations +
The Korean Culture and Information Service (KOCIS), an affiliate of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, on June 18 +
K-pop girl group LABOUM will be adding a new member to the group for their promotions in Japan. On June +
South Korean megastar band BTS has sold more than 600,000 tickets for it stadium tour so far, raking in a +
Reddit had attention from some of its members in the small sub-community “Old School Cool”, which publishes old photos of +
Seoul Jamsil Sports Complex is a center of sports and culture in South Korea. It was the venue of the +
One of the four seasons in South Korea is Summer! The summer period from June to August sees hot and +
Seollal (Lunar New Year; first day of the lunar calendar) is one of the most celebrated national holidays in Korea. +
The 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games will kick off Friday and its official stores opened nationwide in Korea are welcoming +
You can enjoy the superb view of the four national palaces during the New Year holidays for free. The Cultural +
Tipping Etiquette in South Korea What you think about tipping probably depends on your viewpoint on the world – whether +
Lee Dong Wook’s agency, King Kong by Starship, announced that global fans are about to have the chance to attend +
Mt. Halla Natural Reserve, Geomunoreum Lava Tube System, Seongsan Ilchulbong Tuff Cone. Due to its breathtaking beauty, these three areas +
The 25th Taebaeksan Snow Festival, which is cruising to attract one million tourists, is busy on the 8th day for +
Everland, which is an exciting winter festival ‘Snow Festival‘, is showing great popularity to its customers by showing ‘Big 3’ +
In line with the opening of the 25th annual Taebaeksan Mountain Snow Festival, 57 domestic and overseas cities, 57 communicating +
Jindo-gun County has been selected by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and has been preparing for the festival +
