SEOUL, April 16 (Korea Bizwire) – A thief in his twenties habitually stole money and goods in residential areas without CCTV. As he didn’t leave any trace of his burglaries, the police found themselves in a helpless situation. However, a smartphone photo taken at one of the crime scenes helped investigators to finally make an [...]
BUSAN, Apr. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Samjung The Park, Busan‘s only zoo, is under suspicion of conducting illegal logging at a dense forest site, and building an unauthorized children’s playground. As the Busan Metropolitan City government and the Busanjin-gu Office said that they had yet to find evidence of any illegal activity at the zoo, [...]
BUSAN, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Unmanned aerial vehicles will be mobilized to crack down on ships illegally anchoring in sea lanes near the port of Busan. The Busan Port Authority announced that it would utilize drones in its crackdown on floating docks or ships berthed for long periods of time at the wharves in the port. [...]
SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Five hospitals in Busan will be treating the less privileged for free, based on mileage points accumulated by Busan citizens. The city of Busan and Dongseo University have been operating a campaign since 2013 where participating citizens track their movements for 90 days and have their steps get converted into mileage [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Lotte Group, South Korea’s fifth-largest family-controlled conglomerate, will play a key role in creating a fund worth 40 billion won (US$35 million) to help develop the country’s film industry, the presidential office said Monday. Lotte will account for half of the proposed fund while Busan Bank and the Busan [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Las Vegas Sands Corp., one of the world’s leading casino and resort developers, officially announced on February 13 at the Busan Metropolitan City Office that it plans to develop an integrated resort at the Busan North Port urban renewal area. George Tanasijevich, CEO of Sands Corp.’s subsidiary Marina Bay Sands, revealed [...]
Busan, Korea, Feb. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Korea is to develop the largest maritime engineering aquarium in the world for deep-sea research purposes, such as simulation experiments for the construction of maritime plants. The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries (MOF), the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) and the city of Busan hosted a [...]
Busan, Korea, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — A Spider Man statue has been added to the ‘Street of Cinema’ in Marine City, Busan‘s upscale township in the Haeundae district. The statue is one of 500 that are permitted by Marvel Entertainment to be installed on streets around the world. The Street of Cinema is a movie characters-themed coastal [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s carbon emission market was quiet on the first day of trading on Monday, with the initial price for allowances rising to a level similar to that of the European carbon exchange. The Korea Exchange (KRX) began the national cap-and-trade system to join the government’s efforts to curb [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – A mother whose son was killed by a teen with a developmental disability posted a story about the murder online, in hopes of bringing just closure to the case without delay. In December 2014, Lee, a nineteen year old with a developmental disability in the most severe category by the [...]