SEOUL, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will begin the construction of an airport on Ulleung Island later this month, with an aim to open the country’s second island airport in 2025, the transport ministry said Sunday. The government will inject 665.1 billion won (US$597 million) to build the Ulleung airport with a 1,200 [...]
SEOUL, June 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean Air Lines Co., the country’s top flag carrier, launched a new notification service on Monday for all international passengers departing from Incheon International Airport enabling them to check that their luggage is safely loaded onto the aircraft. Passengers can use a Korean Air mobile app to see if [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — LG CNS Co., an IT service unit under South Korea’s LG Group, said Tuesday it has developed artificial intelligence (AI)-based X-ray screening technology that can help prevent data leakage at security-sensitive companies and institutions. LG CNS said its AI technology can better detect data storage devices, such as USB [...]
JEJU, April 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The operation of the Jeju International Airport’s walk-thru testing center, which is being operated to prevent the inflow of new coronavirus cases, is being shared with cities around the world. The Jeju provincial government said Thursday it will regularly post its own COVID-19 response policy on the United Cities [...]
JEJU, March 14 (Korea Bizwire) — All international flights to South Korea’s southernmost resort island of Jeju came to a halt on Saturday as foreign airlines suspended their direct routes to the island over coronavirus concerns. According to Jeju International Airport, Malaysia’s AirAsia canceled its 8 a.m. flight from Kuala Lumpur to Jeju, a day [...]
SEOUL, March 11 (Korea Bizwire) – In the future, passengers will be able to go through security checks with their pets in their arms if they want to. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said Tuesday it will establish and implement an “airport security enforcement plan” to enhance airport security and minimize inconvenience to [...]
INCHEON, Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Wednesday deployed over 600 quarantine officials at Incheon International Airport, the nation’s top airport west of Seoul, struggling to maintain effective defense against the spiraling coronavirus outbreak on the second day of the enforcement of an entry ban for non-Korean travelers from China’s Hubei Province. According [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Overturning a lower court decision, a Seoul appellate court on Friday ruled in favor of an Angolan family stranded at the country’s main airport while applying for refugee status in the country after fleeing persecution in their homeland. The Seoul High Court ordered immigration officials to grant the family [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Incheon International Airport will begin test-running an artificial intelligence (AI)-based X-ray identification system in September to strengthen counterterrorism efforts. The government finalized the initiative along with a new counterterrorism action plan for the next six months on Monday at Central Government Complex in Seoul. The government, on top of the new [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport will launch a search engine service to make it easier for anyone to check items that can be brought on board commercial aircraft. The ministry said Thursday that it will provide a search engine service for people to check items before boarding. [...]