BUSAN, Jul. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Subway workers in the southern city of Busan ended their two-day strike Thursday after the labor union and management reached a wage deal. Busan Transportation Corp., the city-run operator of the subway system, agreed with the union to raise wages 0.9 percent and hire 540 new workers. The members [...]
BUSAN, Jul. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Unionized subway workers in Busan, a major southern port city, went on indefinite strike Wednesday over a pay dispute. The walkout by Busan Metro’s labor union began at 5 a.m. after its last-minute wage hike negotiations with management fell through the previous night. The union said about 2,400 of [...]
BUSAN, Jul. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The Busan Webtoon Festival, which marks its third anniversary this year, will open at Busan Culture Content Complex on July 12. The event, which runs until July 14, will be followed by a variety of events, including exhibitions of webtoon works at home and abroad, a webtoon fair, drawing [...]
BUSAN, Jun. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Busan’s local government is considering creating a special theme park by applying Internet of Things (IoT) technology to the city’s Gwangalli Beach. The port city’s Suyeong District reported on Monday that it has launched a service to establish a “smart city master plan” to innovate urban neighborhoods and create [...]
BUSAN, Jun. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A group of BTS fans caused a commotion on Saturday after the production company in charge of the South Korean boy band’s first fan meeting concert in Busan denied entry to a number of fans. The fan meeting took place at Busan’s Asiad Auxiliary Stadium, where more than 100 [...]
BUSAN, Jun. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Throwing its first-ever concert in the second-biggest South Korean city of Busan on Saturday, K-pop band BTS dazzled some 25,000 fans in this bustling port city. The area around Busan Asiad Auxiliary Stadium, close to the southeastern coastline, was buzzing with BTS fans, famously known as “ARMY,” from early [...]
BUSAN, Jun. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The second-largest South Korean city of Busan is bustling with excitement and preparations Friday as tens of thousands of fans are set to visit the city to see K-pop world stars BTS over the weekend. The septet will arrive in Busan on Saturday to throw the Busan leg of [...]
BUSAN, Jun. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The Busan Transportation Corporation announced on Wednesday that it will expand its “Pink Light” service, a notification device for pregnant women, which is currently operating on the city subway lines No. 1 and 3, to all lines starting from the second half of this year. “Pink Light” is the [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The former site of a United States Forces Korea (USFK) facility in Busan, the southern port city, is still contaminated with dioxin, a Group 1 carcinogen, a civic activist group said Wednesday. Green Korea United said dioxin has been detected at the former site of the USFK’s Defense Reutilization [...]
BUSAN, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Busan’s Gupo Dog Meat Market, in operation 60 years but recently a lightning rod for criticism over animal abuse, will be closed. The merchant association of Busan’s Buk District and Gupo Livestock Market reported on Thursday that it has tentatively agreed to close 19 stores in the market that [...]