SEOUL, June 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The government will conduct emergency radiation tests on the waters at 20 major beaches ahead of the summer vacation season to alleviate concerns over Japan’s plan to release contaminated waters from its crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, officials said Tuesday. The government also plans to examine radioactivity levels in the [...]
GANGNEUNG, June 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The northeastern coastal city of Gangneung in Gangwon Province will open two of its beaches to pets, the city government has said. Anmok Beach, located near the popular Gangneung Coffee Street, will have a pet pool operating on a reservation basis. However, pets will not be permitted to enter [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Tourism Organization and Korea Green Foundation hosted the trash-collecting campaign “Seanack” at four major beaches in Gangwon Province. “Seanack” is a portmanteau of the words “sea” and “snack.” The campaign kicked off on July 23 and ended on August 14 with trash collected from beaches exchanged for [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Daecheon Beach in Boryeong, South Chungcheong Province has been the most popular beach destination in the country this summer, a data showed Sunday. T Map Mobility Co., a mobility unit under telecom operator SK Telecom Co., analyzed five types of summer vacation destinations set on its T Map mobile [...]
JEJU, Aug. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Drones are being deployed by beaches in the southern resort island of Jeju as the newest members of their lifeguard teams. The Jeju provincial government announced that it was deploying hydrogen drones capable of flying longer than two hours at Hamdeok Beach on Monday to monitor hazardous zones in real-time. The [...]
SEOUL, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Beaches across South Korea will formally open for the summer holiday season next month, and the government will enforce antivirus guidelines amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the oceans ministry said Wednesday. Around 261 out of 284 beaches nationwide are scheduled to welcome visitors starting on July 1, including 83 beaches [...]
SEOUL, June 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s east coast is full of excitement as the operation of its beaches will return to normal for the first time in three years thanks to the lifting of social distancing rules. The number of people who visited six cities and districts on the east coast of Gangwon [...]
GANGNEUNG, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The eastern coastal city of Gangneung plans to turn the streets of Gyeongpo and Ahnmok beaches into eye-catching displays by planting palm trees typically seen on Jeju Island and the coasts of southern regions. The city government plans to spend 500 million won (US$414,830) to place a total of [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Cigarette butts have turned out to rank among the most common items of marine litter, according to the Korea Federation for Environmental Movement of Jeju, a non-profit environmental group based on Jeju Island last week. According to the association, which has staged a coastal cleanup campaign since May 29 [...]
BUSAN, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The port city of Busan has decided to raise social distancing measures to Level 4 starting on Tuesday, which will close down all seven public beaches in the city until Aug. 22. It is unprecedented for public beaches to close down during the peak summer season. Beach gear rental [...]