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  1. Free Seogwipo Chilsimni Festival Near Cheonjiyeon Falls, Jeju, Through Sunday Oct. 25
  2. Suwon Hwaseong Haenggung Night Opening Ends Nov. 1, Two Weekends Left, From 2,000 Won
  3. Make Your Own Kimchi at Goesan's Kimjang Festival, Nov. 5–8, Free Entry
  4. Try Embroidery, Mother-of-Pearl and Hanji Crafts at Namsangol Hanok Village, Through Sunday Oct. 25
  5. Sacheon Air Show: Free Black Eagles and KF-21 Flights, Through Sunday Oct. 25
  6. Justin Bieber's SKYLRK Pop-Up in Seongsu, Seoul: Open Only Through Oct. 25
  7. Free Tuna-Cutting Show and a Real Fish Auction at Noryangjin Fish Market, Oct. 24-25
  8. Korean Skirts From Goguryeo Pleats to New Designs, at Arumjigi in Tongui-dong Until Nov. 15
  9. Hampyeong Chrysanthemum Festival Opens Oct. 23 in South Jeolla, Running Through Nov. 8
  10. Free Gangjin Bay Reed Festival in South Jeolla, Oct. 24 to Nov. 1
  11. Hwadam Forest Autumn Foliage Festival Near Seoul Runs to Nov. 15, With Entry Capped at About 1,000 an Hour
  12. Free Night Meditation Walks at Bongeunsa, Jogyesa and Hwagyesa in Seoul, Oct. 26 to Nov. 4, No Reservation
  13. Seoul Hiking Week, Oct. 26 to Nov. 15: Guided Hikes on Gwanaksan, Bukhansan and Bugaksan, With Free Gear Rental for Visitors
  14. Jeju Olle Walking Festival 2026, Nov. 5-7: The Last Big Group Walk Past Hamdeok and Gimnyeong
  15. Busan Fireworks Festival, Nov. 7 at 7 p.m.: Where to Watch
  16. Han River Yacht and Kayak Rides From 20,000 Won at Banpo Sevit Island, Until Oct. 25
  17. Free Street-Food Chef Contest at Ttukseom Han River Park, Oct. 23–25
  18. Gyeongbokgung Starlight Tour: Last Nights for Foreign Visitors, Until Oct. 24
  19. Free Buyeo Chrysanthemum Festival at Gungnamji Pond, Oct. 30 to Nov. 8
  20. Crayon Shin-chan Immersive Exhibition in Seongsu, Seoul: Adults 23,000 Won, Until Jan. 24
  21. Banksy: Still Here at The Hyundai Seoul in Yeouido Closes Nov. 3, Adults 23,000 Won
  22. Free on Wednesday and Saturday Nights: Lee Dae-won Retrospective at MMCA Deoksugung, Until Nov. 8
  23. Free Seoul Africa Festival at Banpo Hangang Park, Sat. Oct. 24: 18 Countries, 40 Booths, a Dance Battle
  24. Wonju Dumpling Festival Oct. 23–25: Mandu Along the Stream, Live Bands and a First Nakhwa Show
  25. Free Seoul Market Fair at Cheonggye Plaza, Oct. 24–25: Day Stalls and Night Food Until 9 p.m.
  26. Wayne Thiebaud's Cakes and Pies at DDP Dongdaemun, Until Feb. 21
  27. Do Ho Suh at MMCA Seoul Near Gyeongbokgung, Until Feb. 9
  28. Busan Biennale's Final Week, Closing Nov. 1
  29. Busan Museum of Art Reopens With Free Shows
  30. Gyeonggi MoMA 20th-Anniversary Show, Oct. 29–Feb. 14
  31. AGF 2026 anime and game festival at KINTEX, Goyang, Dec. 4–6
  32. G-STAR 2026 opens to gamers at BEXCO, Busan, 19–22 November
  33. Seoul Silver Grass Festival at Haneul Park, Oct. 17–23
  34. 51 Gardens at Maehyeon Forest, Yangjae, Until Oct. 27
  35. Wear Hanbok Right, Get a Norigae at Gyeongbokgung
  36. Last Free Han River Drone Show: Ttukseom, Oct. 31
  37. Make a Ring in Jongno's Jewelry Alley, Oct. 24
  38. Free Seoul Design Road Runs to Oct. 25 at 150 Spots
  39. Wear Hanbok to Lotte World for Half Price, Until Oct. 31
  40. Shinsegae Gangnam's 'Bakery Without Bread' Pop-up, Until Oct. 25
  41. Free Gimcheon Gimbap Festival, Oct. 23–25, With QR Orders
  42. Free After-Work Jazz Behind Sejong Center, Until Nov. 8
  43. Free K-CRAFT Pop-up in Yeonhui-dong, Oct. 24–29
  44. Free Namsan Night Walk With Glowing Wristbands, Oct. 21
  45. Jamsu Bridge 400 m Chicken Table, Oct. 25 (Book Ahead)
  46. Free Rooftop Picnic by City Hall Station, Oct. 21–25
  47. Free Stargazing at Seoul Science Center, Oct. 24–25
  48. Jamsugyo's Last Car-Free Sunday of 2026 Is Oct. 25
  49. Free Seoul Sculpture Festival Near Gwanghwamun, Until Nov. 30
  50. Noryangjin Fish Market Tuna-Carving Show, Oct. 24–25
  51. Free Beanbag Library in Central Seoul, Closing Nov. 1
  52. Free Garden Expo in Seoul Forest, Ends Oct. 27
  53. Free Media Art on Sejong Center's Wall, Until Nov. 30
  54. Seoul Opera Festival in Gangdong, Oct. 21–24
  55. Free Fridays to 9 p.m. at Seoul Museum of Art, to Nov. 22
  56. Free Busan Mackerel Festival at Songdo, Oct. 30–Nov. 1
  57. Free 5 km Han River Walk in Banpo, Oct. 31
  58. Poets Ride Seoul's Line 2 and Read Aloud on Nov. 1
  59. Free 'Human Error' Show at Buk-Seoul Museum of Art, Until Oct. 25
  60. Free 'Seoul Urban Planning' Show, Until Nov. 8
  61. Free Netflix 10th-Anniversary Party in Sangam, Oct. 24–25
  62. Free 400-Piece Pattern Show Near Anguk, Until Mar. 7
  63. Free Autumn Festival at Seonyudo Park, Oct. 24–25
  64. Free Metasequoia Road Festival in Gangnam, Oct. 24
  65. Sejong Center Backstage Tour in English, Thursdays
  66. Free Oh Yun Show in Pyeongchang-dong, Until Feb. 14
  67. Everland Turns Into a Zombie City After Dark, Until Nov. 22
  68. Free Thursday Workout at Seoul Plaza, Until Oct. 29
  69. Korean Food History at the National Museum of Korea, Until Oct. 25
  70. MUZIK TIGER Opens Its First Store in Gyeongju
  71. SSG Day Opens Oct. 30 With Half-Price Hanwoo
  72. Bugaksan's Last Closed Trail Opens After 59 Years
  73. Wolchulsan in Yeongam Becomes a National Scenic Site
  74. Seoul Book Bogo: Autumn Books and an Oct. 30 Reading
  75. Twosome Cake With a Ganadi Marshmallow, Out Oct. 30
  76. A ₩30,000 receipt buys a front-row seat at Seoul Plaza [Oct 17]
  77. Seoul Plaza Receipt Concert: 30,000 Won in Local Receipts Gets You Front Seats (Oct 16–17, 6 p.m.)
  78. Nowon Moonlight Walk on Danghyeon Stream, Oct. 16–Nov. 8
  79. Jeonpo Coffee Festival marks a decade of Busan café lanes, Oct. 17–18
  80. Gangdong Prehistoric Festival Lights Up the Amsa-dong Site (Oct 16–18, Drone Show and Lee Se-dol Talk)
  81. Mapo Naru Saeujeot Festival: 3 Days of Salted Shrimp, a 19 m Gimbap and Fireworks (Oct 16–18)
  82. Kakao Pay's Seongsu Shop for 100 Small Brands, to Oct. 31
  83. Try on clothes from 50 Zigzag shops at a Seongsu pop-up (Oct 16–18)
  84. Bongeunsa’s Saengjeon Yesujae concludes 49 days of prayer
  85. Heyep’s silver heart becomes a Celvoke color balm
  86. Eleven Park Wan-seo Stories in a New Japanese Selection
  87. Mediheal Seoul Edition: Hangang, Namsan and Bukchon
  88. LOEWE × On Cloudsolo Hiker: ₩1.2 Million in Korea
  89. Ring in 2027 with the Bosingak bell in Jongno, Dec. 31
  90. Seoul Light Gwanghwamun Media Art, Dec. 11–Jan. 3
  91. Seoul Sculpture Festival, outdoors and free, to Nov. 30
  92. SeoulCon 2026 creator festival at DDP, Dec. 29–Jan. 1
  93. Dunhuang Sutras Shown Free in Seoul, Oct. 23–Jan. 24
  94. 85 Kunsthaus Zürich Works in Seoul, Nov. 27–Apr. 18
  95. Marie Antoinette Style with the V&A, Seoul, Dec. 18–Mar. 31
  96. Lee Jungseop Show in Ulsan With the Original 'Bull'
  97. Jeongdong Culture Night, Oct. 30–31: Evening Walks Beside Deoksugung With English and Japanese Tours
  98. Workouts, cooking and free shows at Jamwon Hangang Park, Oct. 17–18
  99. Free Hahoe Mask Play in Andong's Hahoe Village
  100. Campnic and Forest Walks at Namsan Night Festival
  101. Hanbok Week at Hannam University Museum, Daejeon, Oct. 19–25
  102. Hanseong Baekje Festival at Olympic Park, Oct. 23–25
  103. Books on the beach: Gwangalli Beach Book Fair, Oct. 23–28
  104. Three days of Namdo food in Naju, Oct. 23–25
  105. Pick Your Seoul Trip at Incheon Airport, Until Oct. 31
  106. Changdeokgung Huijeongdang Lottery Tours, Oct. 20–30
  107. Seoul on Oct. 5: Creative X Seongsu and the Nodeul light festival
  108. Bukchon on Oct. 4: a music festival and Seoul Hanok Week
  109. Seoul style in five moods: MUSINSA STANDARD FW26
  110. Free English Tours at the Gugak Museum, Saturdays 2 p.m.
  111. Yeouido Hangang Outdoor Library, Saturdays to Oct. 31
  112. Innisfree’s Retinol Cica For Men: an all-in-one essence
  113. Running-shoe coupons at Musinsa Kicks Festival, Oct. 9–10
  114. Free Oh Yoon Print Show at SeMA Art Archives, to Feb. 14
  115. Arong Chung's 'Nostalgia Magica' at Nook Gallery, to Oct. 24
  116. Joo Hyoung Lee's Film Photos at GOODSPACE Daegu, to Oct. 14
  117. Min Byung Hun’s BETWEEN FORMS across two spaces, to Dec. 20
  118. Kim Inbai’s A Man Asleep at Arario, on until Oct. 24
  119. Kim Bohie’s gardens and seas at Gallery Hyundai, to Oct. 18
  120. Kim Kyungwon’s Voyage of Cell 2026 at a Yongin museum
  121. Fashion KODE 2027 S/S Adds a Presentation Show, Oct. 14–16
  122. Free entry to SOMA Museum’s ‘six scenes’ on Oct. 17
  123. 'Microtrace': Four Nowon Artists at Sanggye Art Space
  124. Longtake Rose Remains: start with shampoo, oil or perfume?
  125. Albrecht Dürer Perfumes 1498 and 1500, From Two Self-Portraits
  126. Su:m37 Secret Essence, fifth generation: 50 ml and 100 ml
  127. Light Show in an Old Pumping Station, Yangcheon, to Nov. 28
  128. Gregory Terros: an everyday backpack that fits a laptop
  129. Compare 16 GV90 exterior colors on real cars at Genesis Suji
  130. 'Song of Roots' at Mullae Enters Its Final Weekend
  131. 'Open Sentences' at Hwaseong City Council, Until Oct. 16
  132. MUUT’s MEND eyewear: look at the side for the metal details
  133. Song Jin-uk's 'Ornament' at Dangrim Museum
  134. Lee Inkyung’s Re:Bloom: pictures made from dressmaking pins
  135. Yeo Dong-heon's 'Welcome to Paradise' at Korean Folk Village
  136. How Should a Small Team Work? Gongysd's New Book
  137. Geoje's Yundolseom in the Picture Book 'The Waves Will Pass'
  138. ARTTOY : PIECES of COOLRAIN, an art-toy exhibition
  139. Hanyul’s mugwort-panthenol line: a cream and a foam serum
  140. SENSE OPTIC's Brass Spiritus Body Ornament
  141. THY SEOUL’s first North American line leads with pleats
  142. A couple’s 35 days on the Camino del Norte, now a book
  143. Fantasy plants through science: Park Sangkyu’s 초록마법
  144. Jeonsin Geoul: Kim Jun-young’s debut novel about lost memory
  145. Tracing Wartime Fortress Sites in Busan and Ulsan
  146. Yeonsu Book Festival Warm-Ups at Local Bookshops
  147. Happy Bath goat-milk body wash and lotion come in two scents
  148. Korean Author Talks at Foyles' K-Book Festival, London
  149. Seoul brand WEKINO shows at CIBONE Tokyo until Oct. 25
  150. London Critics Split on the British Museum's 'Korea'
  151. A Steel-Wire Portrait of Yang Dal-seok in Geoje
  152. 100 Years of Korean Braille, at a Writing Museum in Incheon
  153. What a dermatology study found in 38 ‘glass skin’ TikToks
  154. Anne Carson's 'Red' and 'Nox' Climb Korea's Book Chart
  155. French Press Takes a Look at Gyeongju's Seokguram
  156. Busan Food and Migration Event, Oct. 14–22
  157. Seoul Petlympic: dogs compete at World Cup Park, Oct. 24–25
  158. Cheongju Food and Drink Festa, Oct. 31–Nov. 1
  159. Unknown Book Festival in Incheon’s Baedari book street, Oct. 17–18
  160. Make Kimchi at the Gwangju Kimchi Festival, Oct. 23–25
  161. Hamilton’s Korea debut will travel from Busan to Seoul
  162. MMCA Seoul's 'This Is (Not) Conceptual Art', Until Oct. 11
  163. K-Royal Culture Festival at Four Palaces, Oct. 7–11
  164. MUSINSA On & Off Festival is on; its Beauty Week ends Oct. 11
  165. Hyundai’s autumn THE SALE, plus Pangyo Beauty Festa to Oct. 8
  166. SSF SHOP’s 11th Party: special deals end 9:59 a.m. Oct. 9
  167. 8Seconds and Beanpole add more lightweight puffers this fall
  168. 'The Bird That Drinks Tears' Vol. 2 Out Oct. 14
  169. Gwangju Biennale ‘You Must Change Your Life’ closes Nov. 15
  170. Nodeul Island stays illuminated through October 11
  171. IVE’s DIVE ACADEMY pop-up opens in Gangnam for Oct. 17–19
  172. 51 citizen-made gardens at Maeheon Citizens’ Forest, to Oct. 27