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Reporter quits job to follow Silk Road on a bike

Yoo Chae-won, better known as Eva Yoo in China, is soon to be a nomad. She will quit her job on May 10 as a tech reporter at a well-known online IT publication Technode in China, to embark on an eight-month road trip on a bike with a friend starting May 13.

Hotel & Travel | 2018-05-01 17:40

Cycling in Samcheok

Cyclists take part in a non-competition race in Samcheok, Gangwon Province, Sunday. Nearly 1,500 amateur cyclists took part in the “Around Samcheok 2018 Trek Ride Fest,” co-hosted by bicycle maker TREK Bicycle Korea and Samcheok city, on two courses stretching 140.7 kilometers and 44.9 kilometers, respectively. The event was to promote the city's scenic beachfront...

Hotel & Travel | 2018-04-30 13:21

Express train Saemaeul-ho fading into history

CHEONAN_ Cheonan Station is like a place where time has stopped running. The old station where both the slow-moving Saemaeul-ho train and thecheapest and slowest Mugunghwa-ho train stop, has remaining tracks built as long ago as the 1920s and 1930s. In one corner of the station, vendors sell local foods, while a group of older people sit in front of a TV watching the news on ...

Hotel & Travel | 2018-04-26 20:40

Government seeking to expand DMZ tours

The nation's tourism promotion agency is seeking to promote tour programs to the heavily fortified demilitarized zone (DMZ), as the tour destination is drawing more interest, sparked by the inter-Korean summit and the PyeongChang Winter Olympics. According to the Korea Tourism Organization (KTO), Thursday, it plans to beef up its efforts to trumpet the current DMZ programs op...

Hotel & Travel | 2018-04-26 17:14

Hotel industry enjoying inter-Korean summit

The upcoming inter-Korean summit appears to have contributed to the local hotel industry, as well as reducing tensions on the Korean Peninsula, as it appears that more people are booking into local hotels. According to the hotel sector, Thursday, downtown hotels in Seoul have attracted more guests, compared with the same period in previous years, raising speculation that the historic event may have helped increase guest bookings. Today, President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will hold a summit at the border truce village of Panmunjeom and 858 journalists from 180 non-Korea...

Hotel & Travel | 2018-04-26 17:00

Hotels going after kids for Children's Day

Local hotels are going kid-friendly ahead of Children's Day that falls on May 5. To curry favor with their little guests, hotels are coming up with a variety of packages offering a theme park, sport activities and Lego bricks _ and also tasty food. As more parents are now visiting nearby hotels to please their children on special days rather than going out to crowded places, ...

Hotel & Travel | 2018-04-26 16:43

The Grand Hyatt Seoul is offering renovated premium guestrooms and executive suites following 10 weeks of refurbishments. All guestrooms and executive suites on floors 15 to 18 underwent significant upgrades to reinvent the rooms for modern travelers while embracing and maintaining the integrity of the original design by famed interior architect John Morford.

Hotel & Travel | 2018-04-26 14:32

No. of visitors to Korea grows in March

The number of foreigners who visited South Korea rose 10.7 percent on-year in March, ending 12 straight months of decline, data showed Monday, as the government pushes to diversify the country's tourist portfolio in the face of a plunge in the number of Chinese visitors. The total number of inbound visitors came to 1.37 million last month, up from 1.23 million a year earlier,...

Hotel & Travel | 2018-04-23 11:25

Korea's highest zip line tower set to thrill

If you are a daring type, you may like to try the thrill of a zip line ride over a dam in Gimcheon, North Gyeongsang Province. Opening the next week, the Gimcheon zip line is Korea's highest for such structure, traveling between two tall towers at 93 meters and 87 meters. The round-trip distance is 1.7 kilometers.

Hotel & Travel | 2018-04-20 14:21

Finding Jeju with locals

By Ned DarlingtonJEJU ISLAND ― The plane descends toward our destination, coming alarmingly close to the clear ocean; suddenly out of nowhere, land and people's houses start whizzing past the window before our wheels touch the runway. Jeju Island. A deep breath of clear air, far from Seoul.No crowds, no bustle, no skyscrapers, just the ocean and fantastic seafood. This is tru...

Hotel & Travel | 2018-04-20 10:59

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