BUSAN, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Korea’s largest festival for independent videogames, Busan Indie Connected 2016, took place from September 9 to 11 with almost three times the number of gaming enthusiasts in attendance compared to last year. Marking its second anniversary, the festival took place at the Busan Cinema Center, located near the city’s [...]
BUSAN, July 26 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of Public Safety and Security scheduled an emergency safety inspection meeting Tuesday joined by the Ministry of Environment, Ministry of Trade, Industry & Energy, and Korea Gas Safety Corporation, regarding the mysterious gas odor that swept across Busan on July 21 and Ulsan on July 23. A [...]
SEOUL, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) – “Train to Busan,” one of the most anticipated films of this summer, has set a new record opening for all movies ever screened in the country, data showed Thursday. The apocalyptic zombie thriller drew an audience of 858,659 on Wednesday, taking 82.3 percent of all ticket sales, according to [...]
BUSAN, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) – A 5.0-magnitude underwater earthquake with an epicenter only 52km off the coast of Ulsan was detected Tuesday night at 8:33 p.m. Although no casualties or damages resulted from the event, the tremor was sensed across the nation, and citizens in Ulsan and nearby regions panicked as they felt the ground [...]
BUSAN, July 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Korean law enforcement agencies are investigating two male police officers who engaged in sexual relationships with high-school girls they were assigned to counsel and protect. The ‘school-assigned police officer system’ was implemented nationwide in 2012 following a tragic 2011 incident in which a middle school student committed suicide after [...]
BUSAN, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) – On Jun 21, three naval vessels from the Indian Navy made port at the dock of the Naval Operational Command in Busan after participating in a combined military exercise with the United States. And today, June 23, three other naval ships, this time from the Chinese Navy, also arrived [...]
Busan, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Three couples in their twenties who took a trip to Busan and got involved in prostitution to earn cash to support themselves have been arrested. According to an officer at Busan’s Sasang Police Station, a 21-year old man referred to only as Kim from Incheon decided to take a trip [...]
BUSAN, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) – The pilot operation of women-only subway cars during rush hours took off in Busan Wednesday. The pilot project, limited to Busan Metro Line 1, is aimed at providing safety, comfort, and convenience to female passengers. Between 7 and 9 a.m., and 6 and 8 p.m., the fifth car on [...]
SEOUL, June 21 (Korea Bizwire) – A total of 6,000 female students in Busan from low-income families will be relieved of the burden of buying expensive sanitary pads, at least for a while. The rising price of feminine hygiene products in Korea has recently become a big issue nationwide. The Busan Metropolitan City Office of Education [...]
BUSAN, June 2 (Korea Bizwire) – The 2016 Busan International Motor Show took off Thursday at the BEXCO exhibition hall in Busan. The show, which will run until June 11, has 91 domestic and 141 international models on display. A total of 46 of the models will be revealed for the first time to the domestic [...]