SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — “Septet: The Story of Hong Kong,” an omnibus film by seven Hong Kong directors, will open this year’s Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) with the event to be scaled down by one third due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, organizers said Monday. The festival is annually held in early [...]
BUSAN, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Struggling with the coronavirus, a five-star hotel in the southern port city of Busan has decided to provide food delivery services as well as drive-thru services to sustain business. With the spread of ‘untact’ services, Lotte Hotel Busan launched a new drive-thru menu on Monday to meet growing demand for [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) will be staged two weeks behind schedule and on a lower scale due to the coronavirus pandemic, its organizer said Friday. The biggest film festival in Asia was initially to be held from Oct. 7-16, but the secretariat decided to postpone it until [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Thursday it has decided to close down Haeundae Beach and other beaches in the southeastern port city of Busan due to the soaring number of locally transmitted new coronavirus cases. Under the decision, the Busan government will shut down the seven beaches in the city, effective [...]
BUSAN, July 16 (Korea Bizwire) — A professional education institute to foster private investigation administrators (PIA) has been established in Busan. PIA refers to those who provide data and information to clients after collecting and analyzing them within the legitimate range. Prior to the establishment of the education institute, residents of Busan had to go [...]
BUSAN, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) — A pet cafe that began as part of a community project to revitalize the former Gupo dog meat market area in Busan’s Buk District opened its doors on Tuesday. Covering an area of 155 square meters, the cafe houses a playground, pet hotel, pet salon, and cafe for visitors. [...]
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 [...]
BUSAN, June 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Busan’s Haeundae and Songjeong Beach, opening in July, will introduce new policies to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Haeundae Beach will cut down the number of parasols from 4,200 last year to 1,800 to ensure that a two-meter distance is maintained between each parasol. Songjeong also plans to [...]
BUSAN, June 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Memorial Museum of Forced Mobilization under Japanese Occupation has established a memorial hall to commemorate those who were put to forced labor during Japanese rule and never made it back home. The Foundation for Korean Victims of Forced Mobilization by Imperial Japan held an opening ceremony for [...]
BUSAN, June 16 (Korea Bizwire) – The Jung District Office in the city of Busan announced on Sunday that it had installed a “Literature Vending Machine” within the Culture Center of the district’s Bosu-dong Book Alley. Once a button is pushed, the literature vending machine offers excerpts of poems, novels and essays on a printed [...]