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Red tide response drill

Officials and fishing boats staged a joint sea drill in Tongyeong to test yellow clay response measures against red tide fueled by rising water temperatures.

2026.6.25

Search and rescue teams from the Korea Coast Guard on Thursday look for survivors from a fishing boat that sunk 8.5 kilometers (5.28 miles) off the coast of Yokji-do, an island in Tongyeong, South Gyeongsang. [YONHAP]

3 dead, 1 missing as fishing boat sinks by South Gyeongsang

A fishing boat sank off the southern coast of Korea on Thursday dawn, leaving 10 rescued and one missing.

2024.3.14

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Expo Tower in Sokcho, Gangwon, is pictured. [NEWS1]

Culture Ministry selects 13 regions for its pilot 'Korea Culture City' project

The Culture Ministry selected 13 cities and counties in Korea for its "Korea Culture City" project, it said Friday.

2023.12.29

Tongyeong to offer scholarships to fourth-year undergraduates

Fourth-year university students in Tongyeong, South Gyeongsang, will be eligible for scholarships from the city government, with the benefit being offered to all students in the future.

2023.7.7

Tongyeong Coast Guard in South Gyeongsang apprehends foreign nationals working as fishing boat crewmembers for alleged drug offenses.

Foreigners in southern coast towns busted for drugs

Drug crime is spreading among foreign nationals working along the southern coast of Korea, police say. Tongyeong Coast Guard apprehended some 15 Vietnamese nationals suspected of involvement in drug dealing and drug use.

2023.5.3

Travelers can stay at a guest house in Gangjin County in South Jeolla for a week when they come through the FUSO program. [JOONGANG ILBO]

FUSO program takes tourists off the beaten path

Living like a local has become a trend among travelers in Korea. Instead of going to popular restaurants and fancy tourist spots, tourists now prefer to reside in places where the locals live and experience what the locals do.

2022.9.15

Award-winning composer Unsuk Chin is the new artistic director of the Tongyeong International Music Festival. She will lead the festival for the next five years from 2022 to 2026. [PRISKA KETTERER]

Unsuk Chin returns to Korea to turn TIMF truly global

In 2018, Unsuk Chin left Korea and the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, where she had taken on multiple roles as the orchestra’s composer-in-residence and an artistic advisor for 12 years (she was appointed to co-serve as an artistic advisor from ...

2022.3.27

Protesting Japan's dump

Fishing boats in the sea off Tongyeong, South Gyeongsang, on Monday protest Japan’s decision to dump contaminated water into the Pacific Ocean. The statue of Admiral Yi Sun-shin, a national hero who beat invading Japanese war ships in 1592,...

2021.4.26

Ballerina Kim Ju-won, right, and ″Minari″ star Han Ye-ri, perform ″Dear Luna″ on Friday, which made its world premiere at the Tongyeong International Festival in Tongyeong, South Gyeongsang. [TIMF]

2021 Tongyeong International Music Festival is in full swing

The reflection of last weekend’s full moon illuminated brighter than usual on the southern coastal seas of Tongyeong in South Gyeongsang on Sunday night, “a perfect scene to feel the reverberation of that beautiful performance about the moon ...

2021.3.29

Hills covered in gosari, or brachekn, in Namhae County, South Gyeongsang, is now red before new buds bloom. [LIETTO]

Rest, relaxation and raving at sea

No need to just choose one county to visit when you plan a trip to South Gyeongsang, where many travel hotspots are side by side along the coastline of the South Sea. Hop from one county to another to make the most of your vacation.

2021.3.25