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Korean Travel Online - Seollal Special Events and Event Updates (1st week of Feb)

Seollal, or the Lunar New Year, will be on February 10. Most Koreans would be going to their hometown and spending this time with their families. Some people would be using this time to go on a vacation somewhere. If you didn't have anything planned, here are some events that you can check out.

Seollal Events:

Seollal Events at National Gugak Center	Feb 10 – 11	Seocho	Seoul
Korean Folk Village New Year's Celebration	Feb 2 – 11	Yongin	Gyeonggi-do
Celebrate Seollal with the KTO	Feb 7 – Feb 16	Jung-gu	Seoul

Festivals:

Korea Grand Sale	Jan 11 – Feb 28		various
Jeju Field-Burning Festival	Mar 8 – Mar 10	Jeju-si	Jeju-do
Ganghwa Bingeo Festival	Dec 22 – Feb 24	Ganghwa	Incheon
Happy Winter Festival	Dec 14 – Mar 3	Yeonsu	Incheon
Happy Winter Festival	Dec 22 – Mar 3	Changwon	Gyeongsangnam-do
Happy Winter Festival	Dec 15 – Mar 3	Gumi	Gyeongsangbuk-do
Happy Winter Festival	Dec 15 – Feb 24	Seo-gu	Gwangju
Yeongwol Donggang Winter Festival	Jan 11 – Feb 3	Yeongwol	Gangwon-do
Pyeongchang Trout Festival	Dec 22 – Feb 3	Pyeongchang	Gangwon-do
Taebaeksan Mountain Snow Festival	Jan 25 – Feb 3	Taebaek	Gangwon-do
Daegwallyeong Snow Festival	Jan 9 – Feb 5	Pyeongchang	Gangwon-do
Happy Winter Festival	Dec 19 – Feb 17	Yuseong	Daejeon
Happy Winter Festival	Dec 21 – Feb 24	Buk-gu	Daegu

Exhibits/Museums:

Van Gogh in Paris	through Mar 24	Seocho	Seoul
Tim Burton Exhibition	Dec 12 – Apr 14	Jung-gu	Seoul
The World Animals: Exhibition Project	through Mar 3	Yongsan	Seoul
Pine Tree: Looking Ahead 1000 Years	Through Feb 17	Jongno	Seoul
History in Glass	Through Feb 27	Yongsan	Seoul
I Am an Artist Exhibition	Through Mar 31	Seocho	Seoul
Musei Vaticani Collection	Through Mar 31	Seocho	Seoul
Anish Kapoor Exhibiiton	Through Feb 8	Yongsan	Seoul
American Impressionism Exhibition	Through Mar 29	Seocho-gu	Seoul
Sparkling Secrets -Swarovski	Through Feb 17	Jongno	Seoul
Label Market Exhibition	Through Feb 17	Mapo	Seoul
Year of the Snake Exhibition	Through Feb 25	Jongno	Seoul
Asian Wedding Rituals	Through Feb 11	Jongno	Seoul
Joseon Dynasty Life	Jan 15 – Feb 24	Jongno	Seoul
Engraving Exhibition-Baptiste Fompeyrine	Jan 15 – Feb 24	Jongno	Seoul
Maden Pictures 13	Jan 15 – Mar 3	Cheongdam	Seoul
Israel in Photography	Jan 22 – Feb 7	Jung-gu	Seoul
Art Across America	Feb 5 – May 19	Yongsan	Seoul
The Peranakan World: Cross-cultural Art from Singapore and the Straits	Mar 19 – May 19	Yongsan	Seoul
Mongolian Archeological Excavation Result Exhibition	Apr 23 – Jun 23	Yongsan	Seoul
A Painter’s Life: Kang Sehwang and Literati Culture	Jun 11 – Aug 11	Yongsan	Seoul
Buddhist Guardian Paintings of Late Joseon	May 14 – Sep 8	Yongsan	Seoul
Memory of Landscape I have never seen	Jan 25 – Apr 21	Jung-gu	Seoul
Snake Exhibition at Seoul Zoo	Jan 1 – Feb 28	Gwacheon	Gyeonggi-do
Lim Choong-sup Exhibition	Through Feb 24	Gwacheon	Gyeonggi-do
Caricatures of Korean Presidents	Through Mar 31	Bucheon	Gyeonggi-do
Dream Walking in the Magical Reality	Through Aug 11	Gwacheon	Gyeonggi-do
Donated Photographs 2012	Through May 26	Gwacheon	Gyeonggi-do
The Poetic Object - Contemporary Crafts	Through Mar 31	Gwacheon	Gyeonggi-do
Beyond the Plate/ Beyond the Sketch and Study	Through Feb 11	Gwacheon	Gyeonggi-do
Korean Life & Customs of Modern Times (Free)	Through Feb 28	Jung-gu	Daegu
Alive Gallery - Living Art	Through Mar 3	Buk-gu	Daegu
Contemporary Video Art in China	Through Feb 24	Cheonan	Chungcheongnam-do
Journey to the World-Renowned Art Museums	Jan 5 – Feb 28	Haeundae	Busan
Cinema Prism	Jan 11 – Jan 30	Haeundae	Busan

Others:

National Gugak Center Music Classes	Mar 7 (deadline)	Seocho	Seoul
International Gugak Workshop	Mar 26 (deadline)	Seocho	Seoul
Wednesday Midday Concerts	3rd Wed of each month	Jung-gu	Seoul
Sledding Hill	Dec 15 – Feb 17	Hangang	Seoul
Suncheon Bay Garden Expo 2013	Apr 20 – Oct 20	Suncheon	Jeollanam-do
Five Color Starlight Garden Exhibition	Dec 7 – Mar 3	Gapyeong	Gyeonggi-do
Special Olympics World Winter Games	Jan 26 – Feb 6	Pyeongchang	Gangwon-do
Daegu Ice Rink	Through Feb 11	Daegu	Daegu
Traditional Music & Dance	Saturdays 2013	Busan	Busan

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Korean Travel Online - KTO on Arirang Radio 20130131

Today we discussed the following:

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News:

Seoul Subway Distributes Travel Guide in Foreign language

Happenings:

Sungnyemun Gate Set to Reopen in April

Suncheon Bay Garden Expo 2013

Gyeonggi Tourism Organization Selects 7 Best Places to Visit in Winter

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Korean Travel Online - KTO on Arirang Radio 20130128

Today we discussed the following:

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News:
Deoksugung Palace launches new multilingual mobile app

Happenings:
Exhibit - History in Glass: 3000 Years of Glassware from the Mediterranean and West Asia
Jeju Field Burning Festival
Share your trip with My Korean Travel Story

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Korean Travel Online - January 2013 Events in Korea

Looking for something to do this weekend? Here's a list of ongoing events and happenings in and around Korea for the rest of this month. We tried to include English links as much as possible. But even if some of them are in Korea, you may still check out some photos from the site to get an idea.

Festivals

Jaraseom Singsing Winter Festival	Jan 4 – Jan 27	Gapyeong	Gyeonggi-do
Pocheon Dongjangkun Festival	Dec 29 – Jan 27	Pocheon	Gyeonggi-do
Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival	Jan 5 – Jan 27	Hwacheon	Gangwon-do
Yeongwol Donggang Winter Festival	Jan 11 – Feb 3	Yeongwol	Gangwon-do
Pyeongchang Trout Festival	Dec 22 – Feb 3	Pyeongchang	Gangwon-do
Taebaeksan Mountain Snow Festival	Jan 25 – Feb 3	Taebaek	Gangwon-do
Daegwallyeong Snow Festival	Jan 9 – Feb 5	Pyeongchang	Gangwon-do
Inje Icefish Festival	Jan 19 – Jan 27	Inje	Gangwon-do
Boseong Green Tea Plantation Light Festival	Dec 14 – Jan 27	Boseong	Jeollanam-do
Ganghwa Bingeo Festival	Dec 22 – Feb 24	Ganghwa	Incheon
Happy Winter Festival	Dec 14 – Mar 3	Yeonsu	Incheon
Happy Winter Festival	Dec 19 – Feb 17	Yuseong	Daejeon
Happy Winter Festival	Dec 21 – Feb 24	Buk-gu	Daegu
Happy Winter Festival	Dec 15 – Feb 24	Seo-gu	Gwangju
Happy Winter Festival	Dec 15 – Mar 3	Gumi	Gyeongsangbuk-do
Happy Winter Festival	Dec 22 – Mar 3	Changwon	Gyeongsangnam-do

Museums/Exhibits

Claes Oldenburg-Coosje van Bruggen Exhibit	Through Jan 31	Cheongdam	Seoul
Maden Pictures 13	Jan 15 – Mar 3	Cheongdam	Seoul
Last Princess Deokhye (Free)	Through Jan 27	Jongno	Seoul
Pine Tree: Looking Ahead 1000 Years	Through Feb 17	Jongno	Seoul
Sparkling Secrets -Swarovski	Through Feb 17	Jongno	Seoul
Year of the Snake Exhibition	Through Feb 25	Jongno	Seoul
Asian Wedding Rituals	Through Feb 11	Jongno	Seoul
Joseon Dynasty Life	Jan 15 – Feb 24	Jongno	Seoul
Engraving Exhibition-Baptiste Fompeyrine	Jan 15 – Feb 24	Jongno	Seoul
The Colors of Manhwa	Jan 23 – 28	Jongno	Seoul
Israel in Photography	Jan 22 – Feb 7	Jung-gu	Seoul
Tim Burton Exhibition	Dec 12 – Apr 14	Jung-gu	Seoul
Label Market Exhibition	Through Feb 17	Mapo	Seoul
I Am an Artist Exhibition	Through Mar 31	Seocho	Seoul
Musei Vaticani Collection	Through Mar 31	Seocho	Seoul
Illumination: Light in Today’s Art	Through Jan 27	Seocho	Seoul
Van Gogh in Paris	through Mar 24	Seocho	Seoul
American Impressionism Exhibition	Through Mar 29	Seocho-gu	Seoul
History in Glass	Through Feb 27	Yongsan	Seoul
Anish Kapoor Exhibiiton	Through Feb 8	Yongsan	Seoul
The World Animals: Exhibition Project	through Mar 3	Yongsan	Seoul
Caricatures of Korean Presidents	Through Mar 31	Bucheon	Gyeonggi-do
Lim Choong-sup Exhibition	Through Feb 24	Gwacheon	Gyeonggi-do
Snake Exhibition at Seoul Zoo	Jan 1 – Feb 28	Gwacheon	Gyeonggi-do
Alive Gallery - Living Art	Through Mar 3	Buk-gu	Daegu
Korean Life & Customs of Modern Times (Free)	Through Feb 28	Jung-gu	Daegu
Contemporary Video Art in China	Through Feb 24	Cheonan	Chungcheongnam-do
Cinema Prism	Jan 11 – Jan 30	Haeundae	Busan
Journey to the World-Renowned Art Museums	Jan 5 – Feb 28	Haeundae	Busan

Others

Wednesday Midday Concerts	3rd Wed of each month	Jung-gu	Seoul
Outdoor ice skating rinks in Seoul	Dec to Jan		Seoul
Lantern Festival & Ice Sledding	Dec 21 – Feb 1	Gwangjin	Seoul
Sledding Hill	Dec 15 – Feb 17	Hangang	Seoul
Masters of Traditional Korean Music	Jan 26	Goyang	Gyeonggi-do
Special Olympics World Winter Games	Jan 26 – Feb 6	Pyeongchang	Gangwon-do
Daegu Ice Rink	Through Feb 11		Daegu
Traditional Music & Dance	Saturdays 2013	Busan	Busan

Korean Travel Online - KTO on Arirang Radio 20130124

Today we discussed the following:

Songpa-gu Launches English Culture & Tourism Newsletter

New Lotte Outlets Branch Opens at Seoul Station

K-POP Snow Music Festival on February 3

The 20th Taebaeksan Mountains Snow Festival Kicks off on January 25th

2013 Special Olympics World Winter Games

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Korean Travel Online - Sparkling Secrets - Swarovski Exhibit at Daelim Museum

"Sparkling Secrets - Swarovski" explores the 117 years of Swarovski's stories and artistic experiments which is being featured for the first time in an Asian Museum.

The exhibition highlights crystal as a material of artistic creation, not just simple jewelry concentrating on a unique attribute of crystal itself. Focusing on splendid aura and rich spectrum of crystal, artists present the artworks reinterpreted in their own ways including design, installation, media art and architecture.

For something fun, you can download the free museum app from these QR codes. Once you install the app, you can collect stamps and complete missions.

Sparkling art pieces of Swarovski, being loved by celebrities and designers are also displayed. Swarovski items worn by Marilyn Monroe, Madonna, Jennifer Lopez, and Lady Gaga who led the trend of the times show the glamorous beauty encompassed a century. Furthermore, it exhibits Haute Couture dresses collaborated with renowned fashion designers such as Giorgio Armani, Vivienne Westwood and Vera Want and provides an experience space where visitors are able to be a star by wearing Swarovski's stunning items in the shooting studio.

The exhibition shows how European culture and trends are embraced into design through a long heritabe of Swarovski. Moreover, it will be a special chance to encounter leading art collaborations presented at the foremost international design fairs and art festivals. Furthermore, it offers visitors an opportunity to explore a remarkable moment created by light and crystal with differentiated display methods and to discover aesthetic value of Swarovski crystal.

Once you finish looking through the exhibit, drop by the gift shop for more awesome crystals.

Don't go home just yet. Head on over to the lounge for some coffee or the shooting studio. Just follow the crystal-shaped markings on the ground.

You can have your photo taken, wearing some Swarovski jewelry, while posing beside a dress. Afterwards, they will give you a code which you can use to download your picture from the Daelim Museum website.

On our way out, we passed by this building with some really quirky chairs on display. It's in the map at the bottom of this page that says Kolon Building. Looking from the window, it looked like it was some sort of exhibit so we decided to go in and check it out. It turns out the building is the Fashion Institute of Kolon and the chairs are part of the Re-design Chair Graduate Exhibition.

Daelim Museum

Walking distance from Gyeongbokgung Station (Seoul subway line 3) Exit#3

35-1 Tongui-dong Jongro-gu Seoul

www.daelimmuseum.org

Korean Travel Online - KTO on Arirang Radio 20130121

Today we discussed the following:

Nami Island is giving away free entrance tickets to up to 45 foreign visitors a day who buy advance tickets for the Nami Shuttle Bus departing from Jamsil station. Go here for more details.

World Animals Exhibition at the War Memorial in Yongsan
Until March 3. 2013

Adults W15,000 / Children & Students W12,000 / Under 35 months Free

2013 Pyeongchang Special Olympics Winter Games
Torch Lighting Ceremony at Gwanghwamun Square - January 23, 2013

Wednesday Midday Concerts

Every third Wednesday of each month, until December at the National Theater of Korea

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Korean Travel Online - Opening a Samgak Kimbap (aka Triangle Kimbap)

The samgak gimbap (삼각김밥) is a popular food item in convenience stores. These triangle shaped goodies come in several varieties. These are good paired with ramyeon too.

Some of there are a bit spicy. If you like something that's not too spicy, try the ham and kimchi fried rice. Some of the samgak kimbap only have white rice but this one has the kimchi fried rice which is more flavorful.

The first time I ate one of these, I didn't know how to open them properly and ended up ruining the seaweed wrap. So here's how to open them up properly. There's also one extra step that I like to do.

1. Hod the easy-open strip with your fingers