Korean Travel Online - Event Updates (4th week of Feb)

Spring is just around the corner so we've updated the event listing with some of the spring flower festivals with confirmed dates. Stay tuned as we'll keep updating as soon as we get new information.

FESTIVALS

Jeju Hallim Park Maehwa Festival	2013.02.16 – 2013.03.03	Jeju-do
Uljin Snow Crab & Red Snow Crab Festival	2013.02.28 – 2013.03.03	Gyeongsangbuk-do
Jeju Hueree Apricot Flower Festival	2013.02.20 – 2013.03.10	Jeju-do
Jeju Field-Burning Festival	2013.03.08 – 2013.03.10	Jeju-do
Tongyeong International Music Festival	2013.03.22 – 2013.03.28	Gyeongsangnam-do
Holdman Lighting Show (Provence Village)	2013.12.23 – 2013.03.31	Gyeonggi-do
Gwangyang International Maehwa Festival	2013.03.23 – 2013.03.31	Jeollanam-do
Gurye Sansuyu Festival	2013.03.29 – 2013.03.31	Jeollanam-do
Yeongdeok Snow Crab Festival	2013.03.28 – 2013.04.01	Gyeongsangbuk-do
Nonsan Strawberry Festival	2013.04.03 – 2013.04.07	Chungcheongnam-do
Jeju Cherry Blossom Festival	2013.04.05 – 2013.04.07	Jeju-do
Jinhae Gunhangje Festival	2013.04.01 – 2013.04.10	Gyeongsangbuk-do
Seoul International Improvisation Dance Festival	2013.04.07 – 2013.04.13	Seoul
Cheongdo Bullfighting Festival	2013.04.17 – 2013.04.21	Gyeongsangbuk-do
Muaksan Cherry Blossoms Festival	2013.04.19 – 2013.04.21	Jeollabuk-do
Cheongpunghoban Cherry Blossom Festival	2013.04.19 – 2013.04.21	Chungcheongbuk-do
Shinan Tulip Festival	2013.04.19 – 2013.04.28	Jeollanam-do
Jindo Miracle Sea Festival	2013.04.25 – 2013.04.28	Jeollanam-do
Herb Island Light Festival	2012.12.01 – 2013.04.30	Gyeonggi-do
Hampyeong Butterfly Festival	2013.04.26 – 2013.05.08	Jeollanam-do

EXHIBITS/MUSEUMS

The World Animals: Exhibition Project	2012.12.01 – 2013.03.03	Seoul
Seoul Modern Art Festa	2013.03.02 – 2013.03.17	Seoul
New & Now : SeMA's New Acquisitions 2012	2013.01.18 – 2013.03.17	Seoul
Van Gogh in Paris	2012.11.08 – 2013.03.24	Seoul
Dream Walking in the Magical Reality	2012.10.23 – 2013.03.24	Gyeonggi-do
Song of Life Kim Byung Jong	2013.03.01 – 2013.03.31	Seoul
I Am an Artist Exhibition	2012.11.02 – 2013.03.31	Seoul
Musei Vaticani Collection	2012.12.08 – 2013.03.31	Seoul
The Poetic Object - Contemporary Crafts	2013.09.28 – 2013.03.31	Gyeonggi-do
American Impressionism Exhibition	2012.12.22 – 2013.03.29	Seoul
Tim Burton Exhibition	2012.12.12 – 2013.04.14	Seoul
Modern Masterpieces from the Museum Collection	2313.01.25 – 2013.04.21	Seoul
Memory of Landscape I have never seen	2013.01.25 – 2013.04.21	Seoul
Caricatures of Korean Presidents	2012.12.21 – 2013.03.31	Gyeonggi-do
Art Across America	2013.02.05 – 2013.05.19	Seoul
The Peranakan World: Cross-cultural Art from Singapore and the Straits	2013.03.19 – 2013.05.19	Seoul
Donated Photographs 2012	2012.12.21 – 2013.05.26	Gyeonggi-do
Opulence : Treasures of Korean Traditional Craft	2013.03.28 – 2013.06.02	Seoul
Korean Art from the Museum Collection_Grand-Narrative Part I	2013.05.01 – 2013.06.09	Gyeonggi-do
Xiongnu, the Great Empire of the Steppes -Mongolian Archeological Excavation Result Exhibition	2013.04.30 – 2013.06.19	Seoul
The Secret Forest	2013.05.03 – 2013.07.28	Gyeonggi-do
Figurative Journal Chung Guyon Archive	2013.02.28 – 2013.09.22	Gyeonggi-do

OTHERS

Five Color Starlight Garden Exhibition	2012.12.07 – 2013.03.03	Gyeonggi-do
Gyeongju Bomun Lake Resort Grand Sale	2013.02.14 – 2013.03.03	Gyeongsangbuk-do
Korea Travel Expo 2013	2013.02.28 – 2013.03.03	Seoul
Buddhism Expo 2013	2013.03.07 – 2013.03.10	Seoul
Korea Golf Fair	2013.03.07 – 2013.03.10	Gyeonggi-do
Seoul International Marathon	2013.03.17 – 2013.03.17	Seoul
Gwangju Spring Flower Show 2013	2013.03.29 – 2013.04.07	Gwangju
Seoul International Photo and Imaging Industry Show	2013.04.04 – 2013.04.07	Seoul
Daegu International Marathon	2013.04.14 – 2013.04.14	Daegu
Seoul Seafood Show	2013.04.18 – 2013.04.20	Seoul
International Horticulture Goyang	2013.04.27 – 2013.05.12	Gyeonggi-do
Korea World Travel Fair	2013.05.30 – 2013.06.02	Seoul
Suncheon Bay Garden Expo 2013	2013.04.20 – 2013.10.20	Jeollanam-do
Wednesday Midday Concerts	3rd Wed of each month	Seoul
Traditional Music & Dance	Saturdays 2013	Busan

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Korean Travel Online - KTO on Arirang Radio 20130225

Today we discussed the following:

Buddhism Expo

Luxury Brands Sale at Selected Department Stores

International Volunteers Needed for the 2013 Lotus Lantern Festival

Psy Commemorative Stamps Issued

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Korean Travel Online - Coffee and Kimbap in Gyeongju

Somewhere between Daereungwon and Cheomseongdae in Gyeongju, there is a quaint little coffee shop by the name of 봄날 [bom-nal].

The impressive coffee art on the latte we ordered certainly drew a lot of oohs and aahs from my companions. The coffee itself was very good too.

What's endearing about it is that it looks like a hanok on the outside but inside it most certainly doesn't give off any old fashioned vibe at all from the inside.

Address: 경주시 황남동 221-13번지

Not too far away from Cheomseongdae, there is a famous Kimbap place called 교리김밥 [gyo-ri-kim-bap]. What makes this kimbap different is that it has plenty of egg.

Address: 경상북도 경주시 교동 69

While you are in this area, you might as well drop by Gyeongju Gyodong Beopju. Gyodong Beopju is home-made glutinous rice wine, made from indigenous glutinous rice, wheat and yeast, fermented more than 100 days and produced in the traditional way of brewing.

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Korean Travel Online - Seosan's Haemi-eup Seong and Gaesimsa

Seosan is located at the northwestern end of Chungcheongnam-do, bordering on Dangjin-gun, and Hongseong-gun to the east and on Taean-gun to the west.

There's no Starbucks, departments stores, or McDonalds in Seosan. It's a small city and most of the coffee shops and restaurants are situated around the Seosan Bus Terminal. You would think there's nothing to see here but there's actually more than a few beautiful sites to explore, including the Haemi-eup Seong Fortress and Gaesimsa.

Haemi-eup Fortress is one of a few fortresses in Korea, whose original form has been completely preserved, where commander-in-chiefs served, and where Admiral Sun-sin Yi was on duty for 10 months as a military officer in the 12th year of King Seonjo. It is also a martyrs scared ground where about 1,000 Roman Catholic Church believers were executed in the 3rd year (1866AD) of King Gojong.

It was a beautiful sunny day and we saw an ajeossi flying an amazingly long kite. He said it is made up of a total of 95 individual kites. Impressive.

If you are brave enough (or bored enough), you can even walk on the 5 meter high wall. And mind you, it's quite a distance before you can reach the next gate where you can get down.

Gaesimsa is treasure number 143 and one of the four major temples located in Chungcheongnam-do.

One of the ways that temples raise money is through these temple tiles. Donors purchase a temple tile and then write a message, prayer, or wish on the underside. Later, the tiles will be used to re-fit the roof.

The Seosan Tour and Culture website (seosantour.net) is actually more informative than expected and you can find a lot of information about the places worth going to.





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Korean Travel Online - Event Updates (3rd week of Feb)

We've added some new festivals with confirmed dates plus events related to the upcoming Jeongwol Daeboreum (first full moon of the lunar new year)


FESTIVALS:

Korea Grand Sale	Jan 11 – Feb 28		various
Jindo Miracle Sea Festival	Apr 25 – Apr 28	Jindo	Jeollanam-do
Jeju Field-Burning Festival	Mar 8 – Mar 10	Jeju-si	Jeju-do
Jeju Hueree Apricot Flower Festival	Feb 20 – Mar 10	Seogwipo	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
Jinhae Gunhangje Festival	Apr 1 – Apr 10	Changwon	Gyeongsangbuk-do
Happy Winter Festival	Dec 15 – Mar 3	Gumi	Gyeongsangbuk-do
Uljin Snow Crab & Red Snow Crab Festival	Feb 28 – Mar 3	Uljin	Gyeongsangbuk-do
Holdman Lighting Show (Provence Village)	Dec 23 – Mar 31	Paju	Gyeonggi-do
Herb Island Light Festival	Through Apr 30	Pocheon	Gyeonggi-do
Happy Winter Festival	Dec 15 – Feb 24	Seo-gu	Gwangju
Gangneung Full Moon Rite	Feb 24	Gangneung	Gangwon-do
Samcheok Jeongwol Daeboreum Festival	Feb 22 – 24	Samcheok	Gangwon-do
Happy Winter Festival	Dec 19 – Feb 17	Yuseong	Daejeon
Happy Winter Festival	Dec 21 – Feb 24	Buk-gu	Daegu
Dalbi Dalmaji Festival (Moon Welcoming)	Feb 24	Daegu	Daegu
Nonsan Strawberry Festival	Apr 3 – Apr 7	Nonsan	Chungcheongnam-do

EXHIBITS:

Maden Pictures 13	Jan 15 – Mar 3	Cheongdam	Seoul
Joseon Dynasty Life	Jan 15 – Feb 24	Jongno	Seoul
Engraving Exhibition-Baptiste Fompeyrine	Jan 15 – Feb 24	Jongno	Seoul
Year of the Snake Exhibition	Through Feb 25	Jongno	Seoul
Cartographic Achievements of Joseon	Through Feb 28	Jongno	Seoul
Money Garden	Through Nov	Jongno	Seoul
Tim Burton Exhibition	Dec 12 – Apr 14	Jung-gu	Seoul
Memory of Landscape I have never seen	Jan 25 – Apr 21	Jung-gu	Seoul
Scent of Masterpieces: Reillumination of Korea Modern Painting	Through May 12	Jung-gu	Seoul
Van Gogh in Paris	through Mar 24	Seocho	Seoul
I Am an Artist Exhibition	Through Mar 31	Seocho	Seoul
Musei Vaticani Collection	Through Mar 31	Seocho	Seoul
American Impressionism Exhibition	Through Mar 29	Seocho-gu	Seoul
Mongolian Archeological Excavation Result Exhibition	Apr 23 – Jun 23	Yongsan	Seoul
Art Across America	Feb 5 – May 19	Yongsan	Seoul
A Painter’s Life: Kang Sehwang and Literati Culture	Jun 11 – Aug 11	Yongsan	Seoul
The Peranakan World: Cross-cultural Art from Singapore and the Straits	Mar 19 – May 19	Yongsan	Seoul
Buddhist Guardian Paintings of Late Joseon	May 14 – Sep 8	Yongsan	Seoul
History in Glass	Through Feb 27	Yongsan	Seoul
The World Animals: Exhibition Project	through Mar 3	Yongsan	Seoul
Caricatures of Korean Presidents	Through Mar 31	Bucheon	Gyeonggi-do
Snake Exhibition at Seoul Zoo	Jan 1 – Feb 28	Gwacheon	Gyeonggi-do
Dream Walking in the Magical Reality	Through Aug 11	Gwacheon	Gyeonggi-do
Lim Choong-sup Exhibition	Through Feb 24	Gwacheon	Gyeonggi-do
The Poetic Object - Contemporary Crafts	Through Mar 31	Gwacheon	Gyeonggi-do
Donated Photographs 2012	Through May 26	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
Journey to the World-Renowned Art Museums	Jan 5 – Feb 28	Haeundae	Busan

OTHERS:
 

Seoul International Photo and Imaging Industry Show	Apr 4 – Apr 7	Gangnam	Seoul
Korea Travel Expo 2013	Feb 28 – Mar 3	Gangnam	Seoul
Korea World Travel Fair	May 30 – Jun 2	Gangnam	Seoul
Seoul International Marathon	Mar 17	Jongno	Seoul
Wednesday Midday Concerts	3rd Wed of each month	Jung-gu	Seoul
International Gugak Workshop	Mar 26 (deadline)	Seocho	Seoul
National Gugak Center Music Classes	Mar 7 (deadline)	Seocho	Seoul
Suncheon Bay Garden Expo 2013	Apr 20 – Oct 20	Suncheon	Jeollanam-do
Miryang Arirang Marathon	Feb 24	Miryang	Gyeongsangnam-do
Gyeongju Bomun Lake Resort Grand Sale	Feb 14 – Mar 3	Gyeongju	Gyeongsangbuk-do
Five Color Starlight Garden Exhibition	Dec 7 – Mar 3	Gapyeong	Gyeonggi-do
Traditional Music & Dance	Saturdays 2013	Busan	Busan
Jeonju National Museum Holds Seollal / Jeongwol Daeboreum Celebrations	Feb 9 – Feb 24	Jeonju	Jeollabuk-do

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