SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — It has been several years in the making, but the southeastern port city of Busan will finally host the world championships in table tennis starting this week. Busan, 320 kilometers from Seoul, will hold the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) World Team Table Tennis Championships from Friday to Feb. [...]
BUSAN, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – In Busan, South Korea, individuals over the age of 50 are approaching half of the city’s total population. According to statistics released by Busan Metropolitan City on January 10, as of 2022, this age group comprised 1.53 million people, or 46.5% of the city’s population. The breakdown of this demographic [...]
SEOUL/BUSAN, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Police said Wednesday they plan to seek an arrest warrant for the suspect in the stabbing attack against opposition leader Lee Jae-myung during his visit to the southeastern port city of Busan. The suspect, identified only by his surname Kim, 66, is accused of stabbing Lee, the chairman of [...]
BUSAN, Dec. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – In a recent study conducted by the National Assembly Futures Institute, Busan has been identified as the leading city among South Korea’s seven major metropolitan areas in terms of youth job satisfaction. The city of Busan announced on the December 13 that the report, published on December 4, titled ‘Life [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – On December 6, the city of Busan announced that, starting from December 14, the exhibition of live wild animals in places such as wildlife cafes will be prohibited. The city explained, “According to the amendment to the Wildlife Protection Act, the exhibition of live wild animals in facilities other than [...]
BUSAN, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – In a disappointing turn of events for residents of Busan, the city’s bid to host the 2030 World Expo has fallen through, casting shadows over key infrastructure projects, particularly the early opening of the eagerly anticipated Gadeokdo New Airport. The government, which once aimed to open the airport by December [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – The final presentation video for the selection of the host city of the 2030 World Expo prepared by the city of Busan has drawn widespread criticism after South Korean port city was handily beaten by Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in the ultimate vote. The video, unveiled at the voting venue in [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Foreign Minister Park Jin on Thursday said South Korea “gave its best” in its campaign to host the 2030 World Expo, after the southeastern city of Busan lost to Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh in a vote earlier this week. Park made the remarks responding to reporters at the 5th International [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The government plans to establish a public corporation in April tasked with constructing an international airport on Gadeok Island in South Korea’s southeastern port city of Busan, according to officials Thursday. The transportation ministry said it will issue an advance notice of the legislation and related enforcement ordinance for [...]
SEOUL/PARIS, Nov. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – The Eiffel Tower and the telephone are just a couple of the groundbreaking inventions that were introduced at the World Expo, a prestigious global fair held every five years with the potential to generate economic benefits and stimulate job creation. Since its inaugural event in 1851, the Paris-based Bureau [...]