ULSAN, July 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Ulsan coastguard officers have announced that they rescued a Loggerhead turtle in the East Sea off the coast of Gijang-gun in the city of Busan. The turtle is 93 centimeters in length, between 300 and 350 kilograms in weight, and is estimated to be 100 years old. It was [...]
SEJONG, July 14 (Yonhap) — South Korea plans to transform Busan into the world’s No. 2 transshipment cargo port by 2020 by building up infrastructure and streamlining operations, the government said Tuesday. The move could enable the country’s largest sea port to outstrip Hong Kong for the second place slot among the world’s transshipment harbors and place [...]
BUSAN, Jul. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Busan has changed Songdo Landfill’s development scheme to embrace a ratio of 80 percent residential buildings to 20 percent business-use buildings, from the current ratio of 50 to 50. With the change, buildings of more than 60 floors will be authorized for development at the site [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Lotte Group will develop a large resort complex at the North Port of Busan, said a high-ranking representative of the group on July 1. The company has filed a proposal for the development project with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, which has received 34 proposals, including Lotte’s, [...]
SEOUL, June 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Busan officials have confirmed that a Taiwanese TV drama has landed in the city, saying that scenes from the drama “Marry Me, or Not?” are currently being filmed. It is the first Taiwanese drama to feature Busan. The drama will be led by famous actor Roy Chiu, who is [...]
BUSAN, Jun. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — A boar caused a scene at the center of Busan’s downtown, running wild for fifteen minutes before finally being shot by the police. On June 7, police received a report that a boar had hit a car and ran away. About 20 ambulance crews and police officers ran to [...]
BUSAN, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The main beaches in Busan have been remodeled to welcome this year’s vacationers. Haundae, Songdo and Songjeong Beaches are open from June 1, which are the fastest opening beaches in the nation. Gwangalli, Dadaepo, Ilgwang and Imrang Beaches are open from July 1. Haeundae Beach, celebrating 50 years since [...]
BUSAN, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) — HSH Nord Bank, a German financial institution specializing in ship and marine affairs is expected to extend its reach to Busan, the largest port city in Korea. On May 13, Busan Metropolitan City signed an MoU together with Nord Bank and the Export-Import Bank of Korea on the opening of [...]
BUSAN, May 13 (Korea Bizwire) — An unmanned fire truck which can fight fire while piercing through the external walls of a building has been deployed at Gijang Fire Station’s Jeonggwan 119 Safety Center which exercises jurisdiction over the Gori Nuclear Power Division in Busan. The unmanned fire truck is a 1.74 billion won [...]
SEJONG, May 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries (MOF) is preparing various measures to boost Korea’s cruise industry, as it expects the country to become a geographical hub at the center of East Asian cruise routes, and especially China’s main ports of call. As the number of cruise tourists to Asian [...]