Snow festival Visitors take photos of themselves against the backdrop of giant ice sculptures during the 31st Mount Taebaek Snow Festival at Mount Taebaek National Park in Taebaek, Gangwon Province, on Feb. 3, 2024. (Yonhap)
Bonghwa Sweetfish Festival People with nets form a circle to catch fish in Naeseong Stream, which flows through Bonghwa County, 190 kilometers southeast of Seoul, on July 31, 2019. The Bonghwa Sweetfish Festival, set to run until Aug. 4, offers visitors numerous activities including a competition to catch fish with their bare hands. (Yonhap)
Participants watch a congratulatory cultural performance during the first Jeonju Queer Culture Festival at a public square in Jeonju, North Jeolla Province, on April 7, 2018. The event drew about 700 visitors, according to a provisional tally from police. [Yonhap]
A waitress delivers mugs of beer at the first Taedonggang Beer Festival in Pyongyang last year. [KOREAN CENTRAL NEWS AGENCY]A Chinese tour agency that specializes in North Korean tours announced the cancellation of the second Taedonggang Beer Festival on Sunday, which was initially planned to take place in Pyongyang from Wednesday throughout the end of August.“The reason for the cancellation is unclear and we don’t expect a full explanation,” Koryo Tours said in a brief statement on its official blog, “but it is possibly due to the country’s ongoing drought, which has caused a great deal of trouble.”
North Korea has yet to comment through its state media. The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported as recently as last week that a newly produced wheat beer would be featured at this year’s festival. [Joong Ang Ilbo]
