September 2008 | Discovering Korea

A Low-Cost Airlines Bonanza for Korea

Side by side images on the left is a collage of smiling people in black and white, with orange and white text in the middle. To the right are three members of a flight crew. Two men dressed in white shirts, black pants with bright blue ties stand either side of a woman dressed in white with a bright blue sash and a striped scarf.

After conspicuously avoiding Northeast Asia for years, a low-cost airlines bonanza for Korea is taking place, with more than a half-dozen new carriers.

Jongmyo Royal Shrine

Built in the late 14th century, the Jongmyo Royal Shrine was built to honor ancient Korea’s kings and queens and is part of the UNESCO list.

Korea’s Full Moon Festival Chuseok

A black table, laden with plates and bowls of different food. A large green watermelon on the left of the frame, with whole fish, various meats and fruits and noodle dishes to the right of the frame.

Korea’s Full Moon Festival Chuseok is an ancient autumn harvest festival when millions of Koreans return to their ancestral home towns and feast!

Gangneung’s Historic Villas: Ojukheon & Seongyojang

The Hwallaejeong Pavilion juts out over a lotus pond at Seongyojang. A wooden building with traditional curved roof surrounded by lotus leaves in the foreground and trees in the background in bright sunshine.

Gangneung’s Historic Villas: Ojukheon & Seongyojang are two fantastic examples of traditional Korean architecture in Gangwon Province.

Gyeonghuigung Summer Palace in Seoul

Four traditionally-dressed people sitting at low tables at Gyeonhuigung with a blue mural in the background depicting mountains and trees.

The Gyeonghuigung summer palace in Seoul was completed in 1623 and was subsequently used by some 10 Korean kings as a royal villa.