S. Korean town set to open annual ice-fishing festival on Jan. 6

HWACHEON, South Korea: More than a million visitors are expected to brave probable subzero weather Jan. 6 to take part in the opening of an ice-fishing festival, organized by NARA Foundation, in the South Korean town of Hwacheon near the border with North Korea, organizers said Thursday. Once touted by CNN as one of the “Seven Wonders of Winter,” the Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival is scheduled to run through Jan. 28 on Hwacheon Stream in the mountainous town of the same name which is 120 kilometers northeast of Seoul.

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