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Seoul launches crackdown on feeding pigeons as complaints over droppings, noise surge

Animal protection groups are pushing back, saying the feeding ban "spreads hatred of animals and encourages disregard for life."

2026.7.4

The main gate to the festival grounds of the Daegaya Forest of Light (translated), a themed night park that opened in Goryeong County, North Gyeongsang, on Sept. 5. [KIM JUNG-SEOK]

When the sun goes down, spending goes up at regional nighttime festivals

When the sun goes down, the spending goes up, and Korea’s regions are racing to lure visitors with glowing forests, LED kayaks and starlit markets, reflecting the latest trend of nighttime festivals.

2025.9.25

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The Chatsworth House, Derbyshire Dales, England [CHATSWORTH HOUSE TRUST]

[Walk in the park] The grass is greener on both sides according to British ambassador

If gardens could speak, the one at the British diplomatic residence would have a lot of stories to tell. “This is a very old garden, given that we bought this site soon after we established ties with Korea in 1883,” said Colin Crooks, British...

2023.3.1

An illustrated design of a waterside park near Hongje Stream in Jongno District of central Seoul. [SEOUL METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT]

Seoul to beautify streams with new parks, terraces

The city of Seoul is giving its streams a makeover in the next few years, adding more waterfront facilities such as parks and terraces through 2025. The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Monday it plans to install at least one additional...

2023.2.20

The Belgrade Fortress in Serbia. [ARCHIVE BELGRADE FORTRESS/DUSAN STOJANCEVIC]

[Walk in the park] Serbian parks contain dramatic history

The sites of historic battles, popular spa vacations and the winding paths once taken by Romantic poets are accessible just a few steps into the parks of Serbia. “There is no better place to comprehend, at least at the first glance, the history...

2023.2.6

Tulip gardens in Keukenhof, Lisse, Netherlands, in May 2022. [KEUKENHOF]

[Walk in the park] Netherlands, Korea share their love for, and with, tulips

The bulbs of Dutch tulips begin traveling beyond the borders by fall so that come spring, they can show up in full bloom across festivals around the world, even at the pope’s Easter Sunday Mass in Rome...

2022.9.4

Public residence, authoritarian legacy

After Ahn Cheol-soo, chair of President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol’s transition committee, blasted public residences for heads of municipal governments, consensus started building fast to end official residences.

2022.5.1

Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon tours Sewoon Distrct 5 of the Sewoon Redevelopment Promotion Area in Jung District, central Seoul, on Thursday after announcing the Green Urban Space Recreation Strategy. [NEWS1]

Major greening of Seoul announced by Mayor Oh

Seoul's reputation as a hastily built, uninspired concrete jungle may be endangered as its mayor calls for a green makeover that allows skyscrapers and forests to coexist.

2022.4.21