SEOUL, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The ruling Democratic Party (DP) suffered a crushing defeat in mayoral by-elections in Seoul and Busan Wednesday, seen as a critical bellwether for next year’s presidential poll. Oh Se-hoon of the main opposition People Power Party (PPP) defeated his rival from the DP, Park Young-sun, 57.5 percent to 39 [...]
BUSAN, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) — On Wednesday, when Busan held a mayoral by-election, places like memorial halls, apparel stores and taekwondo gyms turned into polling stations across the city. On election day, a men’s wear shop welcomed voters instead of customers. In a space where shoes and suits would normally be displayed, three ballot [...]
BUSAN, March 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Providing incentives to vessels that enter the Port of Busan at low speeds is leading to better air quality. The Busan Port Authority reported Wednesday that the incentive program has led to a 26.2 percent drop in air pollutant emissions. The program offers discounts to ships that enter and [...]
BUSAN, March 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The Busan metropolitan government said Wednesday the launch of a program to subsidize the cost of leasing electric vehicles (EVs) for young adults who get jobs at small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) located in Gangseo District and Gijang County. The program is aimed at addressing the traffic inconvenience for [...]
BUSAN, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The Coast Guard has seized 35 kilograms of cocaine from a container ship in the southern port city of Busan, officials said Saturday. The drug has an estimated street value of 105 billion won (US$93.94 million) and is enough to be taken by 1 million people simultaneously, the authorities [...]
BUSAN, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Luxury hotels and department stores in the southeastern city of Busan are focusing on pet care services to overcome a financial crisis brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. The Grand Josun Busan announced Wednesday a hotel and vacation package for families with pets. The package offers pet-friendly guest rooms [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – The Jung district office in the port city of Busan announced on Tuesday that it will re-launch a program that encourages participants to exchange disposable take-out cups for standard plastic garbage bags. This move is a part of efforts to promote recycling under circumstances in which the use of [...]
BUSAN, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Two churches in the southeastern port city of Busan have been ordered to shut down after repeatedly holding in-person worship services in violation of the pandemic-driven social distancing rules, local officials said Monday. Under the administrative orders by Busan’s ward offices, the two Protestant churches — Saegyero and Seobu [...]
BUSAN, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Local authorities in the southeastern city of Busan have decided to broadcast the sunrise on New Year’s Day online at four popular locations to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Haeundae District announced Thursday that it will stream a live broadcast of the sunrise from four different locations including [...]
BUSAN, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The Busan metropolitan government said Wednesday it is developing a comprehensive system to prevent the transmission of infectious diseases from ships arriving from overseas. The “port-through” platform seeks to minimize contact during virus tests by flying drones to ships and developing a new testing method of analyzing droplets left [...]