Korea Craft Week 2024 kicks off Friday and continues until May 26. It is a nationwide event that ranges from exhibitions, flea markets, seminars and hands-on programs that promote the crafts genre.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said Wednesday that a travel agency was reported by a Chinese tourist last February for forcing them to go shopping during their tour in Korea.
The Korean government is inviting K-culture lovers to truly experience the country's culture in person as part of the government’s “2024 Visit Korea Year” campaign.
Local processed food conglomerate Ottogi and the Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) partnered up in a bid to attract overseas tourists by leveraging K-food's global appeal.
A series of art, music and media art performances will take place every Wednesday at the Blue House starting this week through July 10.
The "2024–2025 Korea-Italy Year of Mutual Cultural Exchange" started off with a sold-out gugak performance in Rome. The cultural exchange year is a celebration of the 140th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
Four additional tourism routes near the inter-Korean demilitarized zone (DMZ) will open to the public next week, the Gyeonggi provincial government announced Tuesday.
A British tourist was humiliated at a rental shop for hanbok, or traditional Korean attire, when she visited Korea last year. A shop employee called her "fat" in Korean after she tried on multiple hanbok to find her size.
Five tourism routes near the demilitarized zone (DMZ) in the Cheorwon, Hwacheon, Yanggu, Inje and Goseong counties in Gangwon will open to the public starting next Monday.
Culture Minister Yu In-chon met with Korean Cardinal Lazzaro You Heung-sik on May 3 during his recent trip to Paris and discussed the World Youth Day, slated to take place in Seoul in 2027.
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