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Modetour signs agreement with mobility platform Danida
Jan 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Stay-in-hotel trend for the holidays revs up luxury hotels
Luxury hotels in South Korea are enjoying the emerging trend of Koreans choosing relaxing vacations at hotels, rather than taking holidays overseas.T...
Jan 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel sales for SE Asia, Japan sell out in South Korea
South Korean travelers are loosening their purse strings on the occasion of the Lunar New Year, with overseas travel sales for one of the biggest hol...
Jan 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Busan Port's cruise ship visits to resume after 3 years of hiatus
Cruise ship visits to Busan Port, which was suspended after COVID-19, will resume after three years.The Busan Port Authority said Friday that cruise ...
Jan 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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MyRealTrip launches overseas lodging booking service
Travel app MyRealTrip said Wednesday that it is launching an overseas hotel booking service that allows users to search, book, and pay for more than ...
Jan 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea's int'l passenger traffic exceeds domestic for 1st time since pandemic
The volume of international passengers in South Korea has exceeded that of domestic flights for the first time since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pan...
Dec 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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S.Korea's golf course market doubles in value over 10 years
The value of South Korea's market golf course market now equals 98.5% of Japan's.The Korea Leisure Industry Institute (KLII) on Thursday released a r...
Dec 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Lordsystem, NHN Doctortour agree to promote mobile passport authentication service
South Korea’s two companies, Lordsystem and NHN Doctortour, decided to cooperate on mobile passport identity verification services, which will...
Dec 09, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Seoul reclaims spot as Japanese tourists' top destination after 11 yrs: HIS
Seoul has become the top destination for Japanese tourists for the first time since 2011, according to Japan’s leading travel agency HIS Group...
Nov 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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MZers drive Korea's indoor golf facility pandemic boom
Indoor golf facilities’ revenue in South Korea has skyrocketed amid the pandemic, thanks to millennials and Generation Zers' soaring consumptio...
Nov 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Number of tourists to S.Korea, Japan surge on eased visa restrictions
As restrictions to traveling across national borders loosen, the number of international travelers to both South Korea and Japan have been on the ris...
Nov 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Yanolja to expand overseas business with global partner
South Korea's tourism platform Yanolja is expanding its overseas air and travel operations.Yanolja Cloud, an artificial intelligence-based software a...
Nov 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hotel Shilla's biz hotel to post record guest room sales
When Hotel Shilla Co. CEO and Samsung Group heiress Lee Boo-jin said in a shareholders’ meeting in March that the Korean hotel company will bri...
Oct 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Moon boats light up the birthplace of Korean Confucianism
Riding a crescent moon-shaped boat that changes colors is a must-do experience in the small South Korean city of Andong, 190 km southeast of Seoul.Th...
Jun 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Lotte Tour sees turnaround on higher property value
South Korea's Lotte Tour Development Co. has decided to book 568 billion won ($440 million) in valuation gains from its stake ownership of the land o...
Jun 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Lotte Hotel Yangon: Pain for POSCO International, Hotel Lotte
South Korea’s POSCO International Corp. and Hotel Lotte Co. have been suffering from sluggish earnings of their five-star hotel in Yangon, Myan...
May 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel bubble triples Koreans’ trips to Saipan
A travel bubble between South Korea and Saipan more than tripled visits of residents in the Asian country to the main island in the Northern Mariana ...
Oct 10, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Philippines LCS Group to invest more in Korea tourism
The Philippines LCS Group of Companies plans to expand investment in South Korea’s tourism as the Northeast Asian country is expected to attrac...
Sep 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Yanolja CIO says its AI vision played key role in SoftBank investment
Korean travel startup Yanolja’s Chief Investment Officer said that artificial intelligence (AI) was the keyword that played a decisive role in ...
Aug 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
SBW emerges as sole bidder for Eastar Jet acquisition
Korea’s fashion company Ssangbangwool Inc. (SBW) was the only participant in the Eastar Jet Co. sellout bidding held at the Seoul Bankruptcy Co...
Jun 14, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea's travel agency stocks overvalued, analysts say
The stock prices of South Korea’s two leading travel agencies, HanaTour Service Inc. and Modetour Network Inc., have skyrocketed in 2021 with r...
Jun 03, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shinsegae Group unveils Josun Palace, its first super-luxury hotel
South Korea’s retail giant Shinsegae Group is strengthening its luxury hotel business with the grand opening of Josun Palace in the Gangnam nei...
May 24, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Seowon: the true value of education preserved
Korea is famous for its passion for education. This can be exemplified in, and traced back to, seowon, the most common educational institution during ...
Oct 28, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Wando: Need some healing?
After COVID-19 swept the world in early 2020, we entered a new era. Now that we approach 2021, the whole world must come together to heal. No place is...
Oct 28, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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