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Murung Farm on Jeju sets example for agro-business

Villagers take part in packaging the vegetable boxes at Murung Farm. / Courtesy of Murung FarmBy Yun Suh-young JEJU ― Around this time last year President Moon Jae-in visited Murung Farm, an agricultural cooperative on Jeju Island, encouraging the farmers there to become “a self-help agro-business model.” The presidential visit helped raise public awareness about the farmers' cooperative in the small village of Murung 2-ri on the western end of Seogwipo, a city on the south coast of Jeju Island. However, even before his visit, the farmers' cooperative, which was registered as a corporate body in 2011, was already a local rockstar. "Although the store opened before 2011, it was that year that we officially became an agricultural corporative. Before that, it was a village-based grocery store the farmers had been preparing little by little by putting in investments," Kim Seung-bo, director at the Murung Farm and an organic farmer, said during an interview with The Korea Times earlier this month. The cooperative was established with the farmers' investments. Today 45 Murung 2

May 24, 2018
Murung Farm on Jeju sets example for agro-business

Ulleung, the healing island

Tourists take in the scenery of the island at the Naesujeon Sunrise Observatory in Ulleung-eup. / Courtesy of Ulleung-gunUlleung, the healing island By Park Jin-haiULLEUNG ISLAND ― Ulleung Island, 120 kilometers east of the Korean Peninsula, is open to every tourist, yet not everyone can step onto the island. Only the ones lucky enough to ride a fast ferry in fine weather on tranquil waters, or those who are ready to bear two and a half hours of sea sickness on the tumbling waters can reach the pristine beauty of the rocky island. Once they get there, if the weather is bad tourists can be stranded for a couple of days. Hitting the road at dawn from Seoul, the journey to Ulleung Island has never been easy. After four hours on a tourist bus heading to Uljin-gun's southern most port of Hupo, North Gyeongsang Province, tourists take a ferry for about three hours. Tourists can take different paths and approach the island from four different ports across the country _ Mukho, Gangneung, Pohang and Hupo. But it takes about eight hours to go from Seoul to the island. The tourists who brave th

May 24, 2018
Ulleung, the healing island

Hotel Lobby

By Kang Seung-wooMaison Glad Jeju unveils summer package Maison Glad Jeju will offer the “Glad Summer Fest” package next month.The promotion, available until Sept. 2, features a breakfast buffet at Samdajeong, a locally famous buffet, and a free mango bingsu at cafe-bakery chain Artisee for one-night guests. Bingsu is a Korean shaved ice dessert with sweet toppings including red beans, fruits and sweetened condensed milk.Rates for a couple package start at 199,000 won ($185) and those for a three-member family are available from 220,000 won.In celebration of the package, those who stay between June 1 and 19 can get a 20,000 won discount on their room.The package also features a free gift of a boomerang-shaped water tube.For reservations and inquiries, call (064) 747-4900.WE Hotel earns five-star ratingThe WE Hotel Jeju has earned five stars -- an achievement signifying it as a top-notch world-class hotel.All ratings by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Tourism Organization are earned through a 700-point on-site inspection and a 300-point anonymous

May 24, 2018
Hotel Lobby

Hotels appealing to baseball fans

A night view of the Lotte Hotel World / Courtesy of the Lotte Hotel WorldBy Kang Seung-wooHotels are actively devising special packages linked to baseball to attract enthusiasts of the nation's No. 1 sport. They offer must-have items for stadium visitors and baseball-related free perks along with a one-day comfy stay, and even a baseball simulation game. The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) has long been the most-popular pro sports league here, drawing more than 8.4 million fans last yearThe Lotte Hotel World has started a “base-loaded, two-out package” that will run through Sept. 30 -- the final day of the 2018 season.The sports package features a one-night stay in one of its superior rooms, a portable fan and a table as well as a food box that is comprised of four beers, a bag of beef jerky, a cold reserve bag and plastic cups -- all of which will be awesome for those who visit the stadium. The package is offered at 220,000 won ($205).The Glad Gangnam COEX Center offers a Lock & Lock KBO water bottle to guests of its baseball package. / Courtesy of the Glad Gangnam

May 24, 2018
Hotels appealing to baseball fans

Hotels at war over bingsu

The Park Hyatt Seoul's chocolate carrot bingsuBy Kang Seung-wooLocal hotels are engaged in a competition to come up with “picturesque” bingsu to appeal to millennials who often take food photos for social media, putting the dessert on top of every hotel restaurants' summer menu. Bingsu is a shaved ice dessert with sweet toppings including red beans, fruit and sweetened condensed milk. The Park Hyatt Seoul's The Lounge, on the 24th floor, started presenting a variety of artistic Bingsu, May 5, and they will be available until Sept. 30. Guests can enjoy five different types -- chocolate carrot, honey, mango, Jeju malcha and a combination -- prices range from 36,000 won ($33) to 46,000 won/“These unique Bingsu desserts reflect well the traits of each ingredient, which made them a long-time favorite among many of our guests,” said sous chef Justin Kim of The Lounge at the Park Hyatt Seoul.The Conrad Seoul offers two refreshing choices of the sensational summer dessert, 37 Bingsu. The Conrad Seoul's 37 bingsuGuests can choose among two variations -- mango and

May 24, 2018
Hotels at war over bingsu

'Care, devotion key to success'

The General Manager of the Grand Hyatt Taipei Jan-Hendirk Meidinger poses in the picture. / Courtesy of Grand Hyatt Hotel Taipei By Kim Jae-heunJan-Hendirk Meidinger, the general manager of the Grand Hyatt Taipei, is a veteran hotelier with 25 years of experience in the hospitality industry. The 47-year-old, who was tapped to lead the luxury hotel last year, said care and devotion to guests are key to a hotel's success. “Travel is all about experience, and we strive to provide that unique experience through care and devotion,” Meidinger told The Korea Times. “Our staff has one common purpose here. We care for people so they can be their best.”Meidinger has about 1,000 employees from different cultural backgrounds. He believes diversity is the utmost advantage for his team in understanding guests' needs and providing them with the best in convenience. “We exist to create unique experiences that matter most to the guests and to provide them with everlasting memories,” Meidinger said. The general manager also hinted that he will recruit Korean in

May 24, 2018
'Care, devotion key to success'

No. of foreign tourists surges in April

Tourists at Gyeongbok Palace in Seoul / Korea Times fileThe number of foreigners who visited South Korea jumped 23.8 percent in April from a year earlier, data showed Thursday, mainly due to a spike in Chinese tourists.The Korea Tourism Organization said 1.33 million foreigners visited South Korea last month, compared with 1.07 million in April last year.The tourism promotion agency attributed the hike in inbound travelers of Chinese tourists following a partial lifting of a Chinese ban on group tours to South Korea.China banned the sale of group tour packages to South Korea last year in retaliation against the deployment of an advanced U.S. missile defense system here.In April, the number of visitors from China surged 60.9 percent on-year to 366,604, according to the latest data.Before the diplomatic row, Chinese accounted for nearly half of all visitors to South Korea.Meanwhile, the number of outbound South Korean travelers came to 2.23 million in April, up 11.3 percent from a year earlier, the tourism promotion agency said. (Yonhap)

May 24, 2018
No. of foreign tourists surges in April

Bukchon residents protest excessive tourism

Bukchon Hanok Village residents protest mass tourism as tourists wearing hanbok walk around their neighborhood in central Seoul, Saturday. / YonhapBy Jung Da-min, Jung Min-hoResidents of Bukchon Hanok Village, a popular tourist destination in central Seoul, gathered in their neighborhood Saturday to protest an overwhelming influx of tourists.“More than 300,000 tourists visit our residential area every month. They make noise, smoke, throw out garbage and even urinate in the street,” a protester said in a statement. “We repeatedly asked the government to solve the problem, but little has changed so far.”The residents said they have run out of patience, demanding the government designate their village as a restricted zone and enact proper measures to resolve the problem.“The government designated our village as a Hanok Conservation Area against our will and shifted the responsibility to us while making little efforts itself,” the residents said. “Excessive tourism has seriously undermined the quality of our lives.”David Kilburn, a British

May 20, 2018
Bukchon residents protest excessive tourism
  • Seoul to limit visiting hours at hanok village

No. of visitors to South Korean border city soars

The South Korean border city of Paju is becoming popular among tourists. / Yonhap The number of visitors to security-related tourist sites in the South Korean border city of Paju near the western inter-Korean border has increased sharply following the historic inter-Korean summit last month that gave rise to a thawing in relations with the North, the Paju municipal government said Sunday.Since the inter-Korean summit between South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on the southern side of the truce village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone on April 27, the number of tourists to such attractions has risen to around 1,500-3,000 per day, up 30 percent from 1,200-2,300 in the same period last year.Major tourist attractions in the city include an underground tunnel dug by the North with the intent of invading the South, the Doras and Odusan Unification Observatories, which offer views of the North's border town of Kaesong, and Imjingak Pavilion, where many visitors look at the North through binoculars.In the May 1-13 period, the accumulated num

May 20, 2018
No. of visitors to South Korean border city soars

Households' overseas spending up 18.9 percent in Q4

Tourists at Incheon International Airport / Korea Times fileSouth Korean households' overseas spending rose 18.9 percent in the fourth quarter from a year earlier on increased outbound travel to foreign countries, the central bank said Saturday.South Korean households spent 8.43 trillion won ($7.8 billion) overseas in the October-December period, the Bank of Korea (BOK) said.The data includes expenditure by South Koreans on accommodation and food while traveling or taking business trips to foreign countries.The hike in overseas spending is attributable to increased outbound travel by South Koreans.The number of outbound South Korean travelers came to 26.5 million last year, up 18.4 percent from a year earlier, according to government data. (Yonhap)

May 19, 2018
Households' overseas spending up 18.9 percent in Q4
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