BTS's 2026 world tour announcement immediately sent global search interest and travel demand soaring. Within 48 hours, searches for flights and hotels to Seoul and Busan rose sharply. The tour functions as more than a series of concerts: it can …
Cho Yong-pil's 1985 song "The Leopard of Kilimanjaro" changed how many Koreans pictured a distant land with a single line. The lyrics fixed Mount Kilimanjaro and the Serengeti in the Korean public imagination. Before Tanzania opened …
A film set in Sokcho sold out every screening at the Jeonju International Film Festival and quickly became a topic of public conversation. On November 26, 2025, it opened nationwide while select Sokcho screenings were offered free of charge, drawing…
Solaire Resort has named actor Hyun Bin its global ambassador. This appointment signals the Manila resort's push to deepen its reach across Asian markets. A year-end "Winter Wonderland" campaign and special packages are being prepared …
On November 7, 2025, the city of Gangneung presented an honorary citizenship certificate to actor Im Won-hee. Im Won-hee has served as Gangneung's promotional ambassador since October 2020, steadily raising the city's profile through media a…
From the first sentence, artificial intelligence and XR (extended reality) are reshaping the alleyways. A five-day media festival will take place in Hwangridan-gil and the Hwangnam-dong burial mound area. Prize-winning AI videos and VFX screenings e…
It is the voice of film that echoes across the Ulju Alps each autumn. South Korea’s only mountain film festival connects a local valley with a global audience. It puts nature, risk, and environmental themes onto the screen. It also injects fresh ene…
Since its Netflix debut, the series has sparked intense global conversation. It blends Korea’s shamanic traditions with contemporary K‑POP in a striking narrative fusion. Observers note measurable economic ripples in tourism and consumer sales. Howe…
The Ulsan Ulju Mountain Film Festival (UMFF) is South Korea’s only festival that sits at the intersection of mountains, film, and culture. Now in its 10th year, the festival is growing into an event that embraces both local identity and internatio…
The Ulsan Ulju World Mountain Film Festival (UMFF) is South Korea's only international mountain film festival. Its 10th edition was held in Ulju County, Ulsan, as a forum connecting mountains, people, and the environment. Beyond screenings, the …
The Ulsan Ulju Mountain Film Fest stitches together stories of mountains and people on screen. Set against the clean forests and peaks of the Yeongnam Alps (a mountain range in southeastern South Korea), it began in 2016 as an international film fes…