BUSAN, May 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s largest annual market for broadcasting content will open Wednesday for foreign buyers and investors. The 13th Busan Contents Market (BCM) will be held from Wednesday to Saturday at the Busan Exhibition & Convention Center (BEXCO) in the southern port city of Busan, organizers said. Some 1,100 companies [...]
BUSAN, May 1 (Korea Bizwire) — An investigation led by the Busan Port Authority (BPA) has revealed that foreign species are flowing into the Busan Port via empty containers shipped from overseas. The BPA conducted a one-month examination of 5,458 empty foreign containers carried out of the port last November. The investigation found live maggots, [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The chief of Renault Samsung Motors Corp. has promised to continue investment in South Korea as the Korean unit of Renault S.A. serves as the R&D center for midsize vehicles for the French automaker, Renault Samsung said Wednesday. In his meeting Tuesday with Oh Keo-don, mayor of Busan Metropolitan [...]
BUSAN, Apr. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Beautiful yellow hues of canola flowers lined the Nakdong River as Busan hosted the 8th Busan Nakdong River Yuchae (Canola) Flower Festival on Saturday at Daejeo Ecological Park located in the city’s Gangseo District. Visitors took photographs in front of heart-shaped canola flower gardens, while others rode their bicycles [...]
BUSAN, Apr. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The massive wildfire that burned across a mountain in the southern port city of Busan was completely contained after destroying an extensive amount of forest, with no casualties reported, firefighters and police said Wednesday. The Busan firefighting service said it put out the flames on Mount Unbong near the [...]
BUSAN, Mar. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — A Russian freighter’s collision with a bridge off the coast of the southern city of Busan late last month occurred as it hastily ran away after ramming a yacht and a barge, the local prosecution said Wednesday. On Feb. 28, the 5,998-ton Russian freighter Seagrand bumped into the side [...]
BUSAN, Mar. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — An e-sports stadium with 400 seats will open next year in Seomyeon, Busan. Busan Metropolitan City announced on Monday that it had been selected for a project to support the establishment of a stadium for e-sports organized by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Creative [...]
BUSAN, Mar. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The recent crash of a Russian cargo ship into Busan’s Gwangan Bridge has legislators in Busan City calling for stricter penal measures for ‘sailing under the influence.’ Busan Nam District’s Rep. Park Jae-ho, a member of the ruling Democratic Party (DP), has proposed a new bill that amends relevant [...]
BUSAN, Mar. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Rumors are spreading that U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) is conducting ‘biochemical experiments’ at Busan’s Pier 8, angering residents who are calling for more information to be revealed and the program to be shut down entirely. The Nam District Residents Committee staged a protest in front of the pier on [...]
BUSAN, Mar. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Because the nerves are spread all over the body, humans can sense pain and stay healthy by receiving treatment before the symptoms worsen. A South Korean research team has developed a fundamental technology that detects minute changes such as vibration and deformation on its own and diagnoses the safety [...]