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. [...]
SEOUL, May 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will build an airport on its eastern island of Ulleung by 2025 to enhance the quality of life of local residents and promote travel to the remote volcanic island, the transport ministry said Wednesday. The government will begin the bidding process this month for the 663 billion-won [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government said Wednesday that it has partnered with the Incheon airport and a budget carrier to test a hotel-to-airport baggage delivery service until the end of May. In the “Easy-Drop” service, a traveler can send baggage from a local hotel to Incheon airport if he or [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Customs officials’ inspections of travelers’ baggage in view of other travelers at airports constitute a violation of privacy, the state rights watchdog said Friday. The National Human Rights Commission of Korea said it has asked the Korea Customs Service to set up a partition or adjust the distance between [...]