Festivals, sights across Korea

The 25th Gwangyang Maehwa Festival will run through March 22 at Gwanyang Maehwa Village in South Jeolla Province. The annual event celebrates the blooming of plum blossoms that blanket the hills along the Seomjin River, creating one of Korea’s most iconic early-spring landscapes. Visitors can enjoy folk painting, media art exhibitions, a stamp tour and live busking performances. Hands-on activities include traditional archery and a plum-themed healing therapy session, each costing 6,000 won. Oth

Festivals, sights across Korea

The Gurye Sansuyu Festival takes place from March 14 to 22 in Gurye-gun, South Jeolla Province, celebrating the bloom of sansuyu, or cornelian cherry blossoms, which blanket the area in vivid yellow. Gurye is home to the nation’s largest sansuyu colonies, drawing visitors for scenic flower walks and countryside views. Included are an opening concert, traditional ritual praying for a good harvest, sansuyu fruit-peeling contest, rice cake pounding and children’s craft workshops. Visitors can strol

Festivals, sights across Korea

The Jecheon Red Odeng Festival will return from Saturday to March 2 at Jecheon Station Plaza in Jecheon, North Chungcheong Province, offering visitors a fiery taste of one of the city’s best-known street foods. Admission is free, though food and drinks are sold separately. The three-day event spotlights “red odeng,” a spicy fish cake dish simmered in a bold chili broth. About 25 retro-style food stalls will line the plaza, serving classic red odeng, fusion variations, chicken skewers, tteokbokki

Festivals, sights across Korea

The 2026 Uljin Snow Crab and Red Snow Crab Festival will take place Feb. 27-March 2 at Hupo Port in Uljin, North Gyeongsang Province, celebrating one of the region’s most prized winter delicacies. Held at Wangdolcho Plaza, the festival highlights Uljin’s signature seafood — snow crab and red snow crab — through tastings, auctions and hands-on experiences. Visitors can watch live performances by local artists, join cultural programs and try red snow crab fishing and yacht rides along the coast. L

Festivals, sights across Korea

The Daegwallyeong Snow Festival, one of Korea’s longest-running winter events, returns to Pyeongchang, Gangwon Province, through Feb. 22. The theme for this year's festival, which dates to 1993, follows Nundongi, Pyeongchang’s mascot, on a journey from aspiring winter athlete to a national team competitor, depicted through snow and ice sculptures. Visitors can explore a giant snow tunnel, sledding areas and winter sports experience zones. Traditional games, local food stalls and outdoor grilling

Festivals, sights across Korea

Taebaeksan Snow Festival has opened at Taebaeksan National Park in Gangwon Province, transforming the mountains into a snowy playground for families and travelers alike. Running through Sunday, the event features towering snow sculptures, wide sledding hills, an igloo-style cafeteria and an indoor play zone for children. Meanwhile, Snow Land combines Taebaek’s local character with Korean cultural themes through large-scale snow artworks set against the park’s scenic winter landscape. For the fir

Festivals, sights across Korea

Vivaldi Park in Hongcheon, Gangwon Province, is rolling out a winter promotion that links its ski slopes, snowy wonderland and water park into a single, daylong experience. The resort said visitors who book Snowy Land in advance will receive free same-day entry to Ocean World after 3 p.m., while Ocean World customers will be offered late-afternoon access to Snowy Land through the end of the snow park's season. Snowy Land admission is priced at 43,000 won on weekdays and 48,000 won on weekends fo

Festivals, sights across Korea

Set against snow-covered mountains in Danyang, North Chungcheong Province, the Danyang Winter Play Festival runs through Monday along Jungnyeongcheon near Daegang Auto Camping Site. The festival offers traditional Korean winter activities such as ice sledding, folk games and tug-of-war matches on frozen ponds, as well as nakhwanori, a night performance in which burning charcoal is swung through the air to create sparkling trails against the dark sky. Visitors can also sample winter snacks, brows

Festivals, sights across Korea

The Hamyang Dried Persimmon Festival will be held through Sunday at the Hamyang-eup Festival Grounds in South Gyeongsang Province, at the foothills of Jirisan. The annual winter event celebrates Hamyang’s famed gotgam, or dried persimmon, prized for their natural sweetness and tender texture, with tastings, cultural performances and hands-on programs introducing traditional drying methods. Visitors can sample and purchase premium dried persimmons directly from local farmers, watch folk music and

Festivals, sights across Korea

The Baekun Valley Dong Jang Gun Festival offers a family-friendly winter escape just over an hour from Seoul, transforming Pocheon’s Baekun Valley into a seasonal playground through Feb. 22. Now in its 21st edition, the festival runs across the valley area in Idong-myeon, Pocheon. Set against snow-covered mountain scenery, the festival features activities for all ages, including snow sledding, ice sledding, ice fishing, indoor fishing, zip lines, amusement park rides and multiple children’s play

Festivals, sights across Korea

Everland and Caribbean Bay have introduced a new winter program allowing visitors to enjoy both parks with a single ticket in one day. The “Ever to Cabi” pass lets guests move freely between Everland’s winter attractions and Caribbean Bay’s heated spa facilities. Visitors can start the day sledding at Everland’s Snow Buster, warm up in Caribbean Bay’s indoor and outdoor spas, and return to Everland in the evening for fireworks and seasonal performances. A free shuttle bus directly connects the s

Festivals, sights across Korea

Aqua Planet has launched a series of Christmas-themed performances and promotions nationwide, strengthening family-oriented programs for the holiday season. At its Gwanggyo location, Santa-clad mermaids will perform up to seven shows a day through Sunday. Jeju has introduced its first Santa stingray feeding show, using technology to project festive imagery into the tanks throughout December. In Yeosu, visitors can enjoy a Santa diver feeding show, with a 30 percent admission discount offered to

Festivals, sights across Korea

The Seoul Lantern Festival runs through Jan. 4, transforming Cheonggyecheon and Uicheon into a large-scale nighttime art exhibition. Now in its 17th edition, the festival showcases more than 400 illuminated installations. Visitors can expect a range of light sculptures made from hanji paper, LED structures, kinetic art and large air balloons, complemented by immersive effects using sound, mist and aurora-style lighting. Each zone presents a different narrative, from Seoul’s past, present and fut

Festivals, sights across Korea

The Yangpyeong Ice Trout Festival returned this winter to Bongsang 2-ri in Yangpyeong-gun, Gyeonggi Province, running through March 2. Held in Sumi Village, a rural tourism destination recognized for its activities, lodging and food, the festival highlights the clean waters and natural scenery of the region. Visitors can enjoy ice fishing for trout, along with hands-on programs such as net scooping, barehand trout catching and dedicated fishing zones. The festival also offers family-friendly act

Festivals, sights across Korea

The Haeundae Light Festival returns for its 12th edition, illuminating Haeundae and the nearby Gunam-ro area in Busan with a vibrant display of winter lights. Running until Jan. 18, the festival invites visitors to experience “Stellar Haeundae." The event features large-scale light sculptures, immersive media art installations, hands-on programs and evening events. Along the beach, a galaxy-inspired pathway uses shimmering light formations to create the sensation of walking through a starlit Mil