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New Name, 18 Days! K-Sale Festa 2026 Runs October 29 to November 15—Which Discounts Foreign Visitors Can Use, Which They Can’t, and How to Stack Them With Instant Tax Refunds [Pending Official Details]

The old Korea Sale Festa is now K-Sale Festa, running October 29 to November 15, 2026—18 days. Last time, foreigners got up to 50% off at duty-free stores and up to 30% off K-beauty. The accommodation coupon festa is for residents. Here’s the line between usable and not, plus how to stack sale prices with instant tax refunds.

A Thirteenth of Baseball’s Crowd, So You Can Actually Get a Seat! Korea’s KBL Basketball Tips Off October 3—Tickets From ₩14,000, and This Season Both Seoul Teams Share One Arena [Things Worth Doing in Korea #26]

Korea’s pro basketball league KBL runs from October 3, 2026 to April 11, 2027. Seoul’s SK Knights and Samsung Thunders share Jamsil Students’ Gymnasium this season. General seats cost ₩14,000–15,000; walk-up tickets go on sale two hours before tip-off. How foreign visitors buy tickets, get there, and what game day looks like.

Day Trips Within Two Hours by Train, Cut Into 9 Themes! Day Trips From Seoul—UNESCO Hwaseong Fortress, Nami Island’s Avenues, Everland, Incheon Chinatown, Paju Book City, ₩1,500–8,000 One Way

One of Seoul’s better features is the range of day trips within one to two hours by train. Here’s the thing: Hwaseong Fortress, Nami Island, Everland, Incheon Chinatown and Paju Book City—times and prices verified. Beauty and nightlife barely exist out here, so keep both for the city and use the suburbs for sights and landscape.

Seoul’s Manhattan, Cut Into 9 Themes! Yeouido and Yeongdeungpo Area Guide—1,400 Cherry Trees on Yunjung-ro, an 18,352-Review River Park, The Hyundai Seoul, Noryangjin Fish Market, Fireworks for a Million

For visitors Yeouido comes down to three things: spring blossom, the river park, and shopping with a view. Here’s the thing: 1,400 cherry trees, The Hyundai Seoul, IFC, the 63 Building, the National Assembly and Noryangjin fish market—9 themes, verified. Beauty and nightlife are weak points, and that too is Yeouido in autumn 2026.

The Best Place in Seoul to Do Nothing, Cut Into 9 Themes! Hangang River Area Guide—12 Parks, All Free and Open 24 Hours, Bikes for ₩1,000 an Hour, Convenience-Store Ramyeon, a 570 m Rainbow Fountain

Want one day in Seoul doing nothing at all? The river is the place. Here’s the thing: 12 Hangang parks sorted by cycling, picnics, the Banpo fountain, pools, cruises and night views—with exits, prices and seasons verified on Google Maps. Shopping, beauty and rainy days are its weak points, and that too is the Han River in autumn 2026.

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