Good news Korea Enthusiast! No need to go through the hassle of going to our office to submit your visa application. You can just go to your nearest LBC branch to deliver the documents FOR FREE! Please see instructions below: HOW TO AVAIL FREE LBC DELIVERY THROUGH JOINENJOY: Prepare all documents needed for your Korean Visa application based on your category. Choose any LBC branch near you and bring all the documents (do not seal the envelope of the documents). At the LBC branch, fill up the Receptacle Sticker and choose whether to send back to your home address or pick-up at the same LBC br ..read more

Seolleongtang is an incredibly popular soup in Korea – there are even restaurants that specialize in making just it. Of all the items on this list, seolleongtang is the most time consuming as you must boil the beef bones (typically ox leg bones but you can make do with ox tail) for hours and hours to release all of the calcium which gives it the very distinctive white look. But don’t be fooled by the color – this is the beefiest tasting soup you can imagine! When you boil the bones you can also add a large piece of beef and radish which you slice and add to the soup at the last minute. While ..read more

Last May 29, 2018, the embassy of the Republic of Korea in the Philippines has announced that starting on July 1, 2018, visa application will be processed through designated travel agencies only due to increased number of Korean visa applicants. Walk-in applicants for temporary visitor’s visa will no longer be accepted. However, the embassy will allow walk-in applicants only for spouses and children of Koreans, holders of visa issuance number, government employees with official business trip, and for those with humanitarian reason to travel to Korea The Korea Embassy has designated 35 travel a ..read more

Myeong-dong, Dongdaemun, and Gangnam are famous shopping spots and extremely popular with tourists and are usually on the itineraries of Seoul’s visitors. Seoul’s palaces are other places of interest that should not be missed. Korean heritage and style can truly be felt and seen at the palaces. Where better to experience Korean traditions and heritage than at Korean palaces? Seoul’s palaces are: Gyeongbokgung, Changdeokgung, Changgyeonggung, Deoksugung, and Gyeonghuigung. Each palace has its own energy and charms. All five palaces waive admission fees for visitors wearing hanbok. The fee is wa ..read more

VISA ANNOUNCEMENT: The Korean embassy has introduced a new visa-free system for Filipinos which is said to take effect on the first half of 2020. This program will allow tourist groups to enter cities like Seoul, Incheon, and Busan without visa as long as their final destination will be Jeju Island. No final decisions has been made as to when it will be implemented. Details will still be further discussed until February 2020. Check out the announcement from the embassy below: http://overseas.mofa.go.kr/ph-en/brd/m_20312/view.do?seq=24 The post FREE VISA FOR FILIPINO TOURIST GROUP 2020 appeared ..read more

Myeong-dong, Dongdaemun, and Gangnam are famous shopping spots and extremely popular with tourists and are usually on the itineraries of Seoul’s visitors. Seoul’s palaces are other places of interest that should not be missed. Korean heritage and style can truly be felt and seen at the palaces. Where better to experience Korean traditions and heritage than at Korean palaces? Seoul’s palaces are: Gyeongbokgung, Changdeokgung, Changgyeonggung, Deoksugung, and Gyeonghuigung. Each palace has its own energy and charms. All five palaces waive admission fees for visitors wearing hanbok. The fee is wa ..read more

Enjoy Taking New Boat “Tubester” on New named island “Sevit Some” (former floating island), Han River, Seoul But overall, I have to say, I think the coolest thing that these islands offer is definitely what they call the Tubester. Check. it. out. Wow! The post Enjoy Taking New Boat “Tubester” on New Named Island “Sevit Some” (former floating island), Han River, Seoul appeared first on JOINENJOY ..read more

The Seoul City Tour Bus provides organized shuttle tours to the city’s most popular attractions. For the price of just a single ticket, you can spend all day hopping on and hopping off the bus* as it follows a circular route connecting Seoul’s top sightseeing destinations. For first-time visitors, there is no better way to discover the city. Courses Seoul City Tour Buses follow a variety of routes, divided by theme.   Downtown Palace Tour This 22-stop course takes you past not only Seoul’s historic royal palaces, but also to popular tourist destinations such as N Seoul Tower ..read more

I have been a tour consultant for 2 years now and I always get excited every time I am tasked to join a group. For me, visiting Korea again and again makes me an expert in terms of their culture, tourist places and the individual Koreans I worked with. It’s a refreshing moment every time I join our passengers because everybody has a different attitude towards the places included in our packages. Travelling to different places makes a person grow in knowledge, expand their capabilities to experience new horizon and the ability to share what they already knew to their first time companions. And ..read more

An upscale hotel in the heart of Seoul, next to the famed Electronics Market, Yongsan Station and 10 min away from the Yeouido Financial District and Itaewon, Novotel Suites Ambassador Seoul Yongsan features suites with washers, dryers and microwave ovens, fitness centre, sauna, pool, modern conventions centre, weddings centre, restaurants, bars and the world’s first 4-floor structure suspended between two towers featuring entertainment outlets and a rooftop bar. Seoul is one of the most vibrant business capitals in Asia. The name of Yongsan District means “Dragon Hill”. It is at ..read more