BUSAN, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Amid the protracted coronavirus outbreak in South Korea, members of the public are making donations to police substations in the southeastern city of Busan. Donations of a variety of goods – including masks – are ongoing. Early Saturday, a man in his 70s visited the Busan Jungbu Police Station [...]
BUSAN, Feb. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — As more households are adopting pets, more South Koreans are going outdoors with dogs and cats, to the dismay of some who would rather not share public space with pets. Amid the controversy, a new animal park that opened in Busan’s Dongnae District last year is gaining positive responses. [...]
BUSAN, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Busan’s Buk District plans to develop a microbrewery brand named after a local area. Buk District recently signed an agreement with Galmegi Brewing Co., Busan’s leading microbrewery, to come up with the new brand. Buk District and Galmegi Brewing plan to introduce one of two kinds of Gupo Beer [...]
BUSAN, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — How are confiscated illegal imports intercepted by customs handled? The Busan Main Customs currently has in its inventory fake luxury goods worth 12 billion won (US$10 million) and Korean cigarettes worth 400 million won, seized from recently arrested importers, at its new port designated block. The goods will be [...]
BUSAN, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Two more five-star hotels are to open in Busan’s Haeundae district this year, further escalating competition in the district’s already crowded hotel market. According to municipal and industry officials on Monday, Lotte Hotels & Resorts, a unit of Lotte Group, will introduce its luxury brand Signiel to Haeundae this [...]
BUSAN, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — A group of American students are visiting the port city of Busan to learn about the Korean footwear industry. The Busan Economic Promotion Agency and Dong-A University announced on Tuesday that they it is hosting the 2020 Global Footwear Designer Workshop until Friday. The workshop has invited seven students [...]
BUSAN, Jan. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The Haeundae Polar Bear Festival, one of the 10 most exotic winter sports selected by the BBC, was held at Busan’s Haeundae Beach on Sunday. The festival, celebrating its 33rd anniversary this year, was enjoyed by more than 5,000 participants from diverse backgrounds, ranging from a 4-year old child [...]
BUSAN, Dec. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Busan residents are posting pictures of themselves voluntarily picking up neighborhood trash as part of the trashtag challenge that has become popular on social media. Trashtag, combining the terms trash and tag, is an online campaign encouraging netizens to post pictures of their neighborhood before and after the voluntary [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Sunday it will build the country’s first “smart city” in the southern port city of Busan by 2024, where all infrastructure facilities will be maintained and controlled based on big data collected through internet of things sensors. In the Busan Eco Delta City (EDC) on a [...]
BUSAN, Nov. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — One district in the city of Busan is gaining popularity as an ‘island without franchises’. Yeongdo-gu, an island district in Busan, is known as the islet of coffee, where various coffee festivals are held regularly in tandem with local coffee shops. These coffee shops are private stores not affiliated [...]