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Jinju Namgang Yudeung Festival (2011)

According to a recent Korea Tourism Organization article, the Jinju Namgang Yudeung Festival was selected as one of the top two festivals being promoted for 2012. I went to this annual October festival in 2008 for the first time, and again in 2011. The festival takes place in the southern coastal city of Jinju. Jinju [...]

Jeju Jeongwol Daeboreum Fire Festival (2012)

My first Jeongwol Daeboreum experience was with the Cheongdo Jeongwol Daeboreum Festival in 2010. Unfortunately in 2011, for fear of spreading the livestock killing foot-and-mouth disease, these festivals were canceled and people were discouraged from unnecessary travel. Now, after 5 years of living in Korea, I was finally able to visit Jeju Island during the [...]

Gunsan Seollal Ssireum Wrestling Championship (2012)

Ringing in the lunar new year in Korea, called Seollal (설날) in Korean, offers Koreans and tourists a chance to be a spectator at one of Korea’s longest standing traditions, ssireum (씨름) wrestling. The Korea Ssireum Association holds about 20 tournaments each year, with the Seollal event being the biggest. At this tournament champions walk [...]

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