BORYEONG, Nov. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — With camping becoming increasingly popular among many respite seekers, cases of crime occurring in and around campgrounds are on the rise. The city of Boryeong in South Chungcheong Province where many popular vacation sites are located, has decided to use Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) programs to prevent crime [...]
WANDO, Nov. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — A Smurf has appeared as an environmental activist at Sinji Myeongsasimni Beach located in the southwestern island of Wando. “The Smurfs” is an animation series that has aired in South Korea since 1983, gaining massive popularity among children. Wando County set up a Smurf sculpture to promote the cause [...]
HONGSEONG, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Chungcheong Province has launched a new artificial intelligence (AI)-based ‘unmanned thermometer system’, which will be set up at Boryeong’s Daecheon Beach this month. With this system, visitors can have their body temperature measured without having to leave their car, preventing unnecessary physical contact with quarantine staff, prior to [...]
SAMCHEOK, July 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Samcheok in Gangwon Province has stepped out to make Samcheok Beach free of disposable products in order to resolve the issue of a surge in garbage every vacation season. As such, promotion booths will be set up around the beach between July 31 and Aug. 4, [...]
BUSAN, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Dozens of foreigners including U.S. soldiers stationed in South Korea created disturbances by setting off firecrackers at a renowned beach in Busan on Saturday night, apparently in celebration of U.S. Independence Day, local police said Monday. The foreigners shot numerous rounds of firecrackers into the sky and even towards [...]
ANDONG, Jul. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Starting next year, a beach where companion animals are allowed will open in North Gyeongsang Province on country’s east coast. For a month-long period starting around the end of July next year, visitors will be allowed to bring their companion animals to the beach, as North Gyeongsang Province reported. [...]
BUSAN, Jul. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Busan’s Songjeong Beach was met by a sudden deluge of marine waste on Monday morning after Typhoon Danas disappeared on Saturday, leaving behind marine trash that washed up on the beach. Some 100 people including employees of the beach management office, maritime life guards, and surfers pitched in to [...]
JEJU, Jun. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Jeju’s signature beach horse race will be held this summer at the island’s Gwakji beach. Let’s Run Park Jeju, which is run by the Korea Racing Authority, announced that the 2019 Gwakji Beach Horse Race will be held on July 7. Eight racehorses will compete on a 200 meter [...]
GANGNEUNG, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — A rare scene mesmerized tourists in Gangneung, Gangwon Province on Tuesday as schools of mullets appeared by the beach “riding the waves”. “I have lived in Gangneung for 20 years, but never before have I seen this,” said one local resident. Swarms of mullets came and went along with [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Due to the unprecedented heat wave that swept the nation this summer, vacationers preferred to travel to cooler venues such as mountains, creeks and indoor holiday destinations. According to the municipality of Boryeong and Taean-gun of South Chungcheong Province, 9.57 million tourists visited Daecheon Beach this summer, down 30 [...]