Museong Seowon in Jeongeup, North Jeolla Province (Jeongeup City) Fed up with hectic city life, but cannot spare more than a day off work? Put on a holiday outfit and head to Jeongeup, North Jeolla Province. If a timely break in peaceful traditional sites is what you need, this is a perfect place to cool off in the spring breeze. Hikers who initially come for Mount Naejang soon discover that th...

Also known for long life expectancy of residents Sunchang, North Jeolla Province, is known for its excellent gochujang, or hot pepper paste. As households increasingly purchase ready-made gochujang rather than make their own at home, Sunchang has become synonymous with gochujang, with many gochujang brands using the name Sunchang on their products. At Sunchang Traditional Gochujang Folk Village...

Walk around green barley field and take a break at a beautiful temple It’s spring. Flowers are blooming and the weather is warming up. Itching to get of out of town? How about walking around a vast green field or enjoying a quiet stroll at a beautiful temple. Gochang, North Jeolla Province, located some 290 kilometers south of Seoul, is a perfect place for a spring outing. Green barley field i...

A new JW Marriott Hotel, a luxury hotel chain from Marriott International, is coming to the Dongdaemun area by 2013, becoming the first Marriott hotel in the northern part of Seoul. “Dongdaemun is a neat area to be in and since the city is growing that way, we are positioned perfectly as it continues to expand,” Craig Smith, chief operating officer of Marriott International’s Asia Pacific operat...

NEW YORK (AP) ― A century after the Titanic sank, the legacy of the ship’s wealthiest and most famous passenger lives on quietly at the luxury hotel he built in New York City. John Jacob Astor IV, who was one of the richest men in America, went down with the ship in 1912 after helping his pregnant wife escape into the last lifeboat. But at the St. Regis, one of Manhattan’s oldest luxury hotels, ...

BATH, England ― On the high street of the lovely Cotswold village of Chipping Campden, just next to the 12th century stone marketplace, sits an unobtrusive but intimidating sign. “Cotswold Way, the beginning and the end,” it reads. “Bath 100 m.” The “m” stands for miles. The sign marked the starting point of our 10-day walk through the Cotswolds, along a trail that loosely follows the route that...

NEW YORK (AP) ― Passengers dressed in fur coats and wide-brimmed hats strolled the decks of a memorial ship as it began its journey to Canada to visit the spot where the Titanic sank to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean a century ago. The ship was packed on Tuesday with history aficionados who have long been obsessed with the doomed ocean liner. Quite a few wore old-fashioned costumes, and one bo...

Luxury flats built inside missile silos to fend off disaster “Act now, or you’re a loser.” A salesman abides by this strategy to prepare for the worst as he seeks to sell ultra-safety underground havens designed to withstand Doomsday. A scene from movie "2012," which depicts the end of the World. ‘Doomsday preppers,’ luxurious underground havens built deep under the Kansas prairie, have been ...

Boat excursions offer a rare chance to see sea mammals up close ULSAN ― It’s spring, and if you are itching to get out of town, Ulsan could be an ideal place to spend a weekend. This suggestion may raise some eyebrows because Ulsan is a city known for its heavy industries. But sometimes one needs to see what’s happening on the far edge of the country, and there is something special about visiti...