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Nationwide discount events spice up Chuseok holiday

Chuseok is one of the best times of the year to go shopping, with the Korea Sale Festa offering plenty of bargain opportunities. The event runs from Sept. 28 to Oct. 31, in the hope it will boost domestic demand with the Korean retail industry struggling from a sharp drop in Chinese tourists amid Beijing’s economic sanctions over the deployment of THAAD. The government has sp...

Hotel & Travel | 2017-10-01 15:56

Chuseok a 'golden period' to find new job

A town where Christianity was reborn

WITTENBERG, Germany - Five hundred years ago, Martin Luther promulgated his 95 theses and criticized the Roman Catholic Church for its theological errors and institutional sins. He nailed his proposals to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg and stood up against religious leaders who claimed money could reduce God’s punishment for sins. His intention was never to break...

Hotel & Travel | 2017-09-28 17:39

Berlin's four most photogenic spots

BERLIN - Berlin may not be the world’s most photogenic city, perhaps because of decades of division and scars from two major 20th century wars. But some parts of the German capital will surely fascinate you from time to time. The Korea Times has put together a list of the four best photo spots.

Hotel & Travel | 2017-09-21 16:25

Free entrance, discount events to spice up Chuseok holidays

With people counting down the days before the Chuseok holiday season in the first week of October, the government has rolled out incentives to encourage people to enjoy themselves cheaply, scrapping admission fees to popular spots, including Seoul’s royal palaces. Visitors to the royal palaces of Gyeongbokgung, Deoksugung, Changdeokgung and Changgyeonggung from Joseon Dynasty...

Hotel & Travel | 2017-09-19 15:26

[My Seoul Story] Chungmuro: birthplace of Korean cinema

My passion for film photography brought me to Chungmuro, a long street and its surrounding areas north of Namsan Park. As an avid shooter of 35mm film, I can get some of the best product for my addiction in this working-class downtown neighborhood. A short walk from exit 5 of Chungmuro Station and you can find all the film rolls, film cameras, photo studios and development se...

Hotel & Travel | 2017-09-14 15:17

Korea's first encounter with Western world

CHANGWON, South Gyeongsang Province - Who was the first Westerner to step on Korean soil? For a long time, many people believed it was Jan Janse de Weltevree, a Dutchman who was washed ashore in 1653, and then Joao Mendes, a Portuguese trader whom they thought arrived 50 years before him. Who brought the first Bible to Korea? This was another question that long remained unans...

Hotel & Travel | 2017-09-14 15:09

3 things Barcelona does right against anti-tourism

Barcelona is a major tourist city. With 1.6 million inhabitants, the city annually gets an average of 17 million tourists. Residents have long complained about the excessive number of visitors, but this year the complaints were stronger than ever. People staged protests in public places, calling for tourists to stop coming. Agusti Colom Cabau, a member of the city council, sa...

Hotel & Travel | 2017-09-08 18:44

Entrepreneur seeks to enrich tourism experience

David Kim, who spent his childhood in Saudi Arabia where his father worked for an airline company, had an unusually diverse experience of traveling. “Every weekend, my family would go traveling to countries around the world _ such as Italy, Kenya, Cyprus or Sri Lanka,” Kim, 32, recalled. Kim traveled to at least 60 countries, but the idea of casual, traveler-created audio gui...

Hotel & Travel | 2017-09-08 16:17

[My Seoul Story] Shopping at Seoul Folk Market and surrounding areas

Seoul is a popular shopping destination for both international and domestic tourists. Every day people crowd Seoul’s renowned shopping districts in search of the latest and trendiest products. Most shoppers head to large, high-end department stores, sleek modern shopping malls and trendy boutiques in bustling neighborhoods, but one of the more unique shopping areas of Seoul i...

Hotel & Travel | 2017-09-07 17:27

Hyatt cooking contest finds young talented chefs

At the Grand Hyatt Seoul’s Grand Ballroom on Sept. 1, five chefs were busy peeling pumpkins and slicing mushrooms and pork before frying and boiling them at makeshift cooking stations.

Hotel & Travel | 2017-09-07 17:17

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