BUSAN, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The 2022 Busan International Motor Show has made a comeback after a four-year hiatus, showcasing vehicles from six major automakers and a variety of other South Korean brands. The press-exclusive exhibition took place at BEXCO in the country’s largest port city on Thursday with Nexen Tire Corp. the only [...]
BUSAN, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Nursing assistants working at hospitals and clinics in the southeastern port city of Busan are suffering from poor working conditions, as they have to take personal leave to quarantine for COVID-19. Nursing assistants, in general, serve as assistants in patient care and diagnosis following the instructions of doctors or [...]
BUSAN, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) — A youth art group, together with the police, launched an eye-catching campaign to publicize the upcoming change in the way pedestrians cross an intersection. Life Art Edition recently held a surprise performance at a crosswalk. While cars were stopped for the traffic light, it held a dance and band [...]
BUSAN, June 1 (Korea Bizwire) — A yoga and meditation program will be held at Haeundae Beach in the southeastern city of Busan, relieving stress as participants listen to the sound of the ocean waves. Busan’s Haeundae District announced that the meditation program will begin on Saturday. The program, comprised of yoga, sound meditation and [...]
BUSAN, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Air service resumed on a route between South Korea’s Gimhae International Airport and Japan’s Fukuoka on Tuesday, making the gateway to Busan the first local airport to reopen an international route to Japan, excluding Incheon International Airport, the main gateway to Seoul, after the COVID-19 outbreak. Following a resumption [...]
BUSAN, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The Busan Mass Transit Citizen’s Funds Foundation said Monday it will apply a new design introducing the southern port city of Busan’s famous tourist attractions to some of the city’s intra-city buses and subway cars. The Busan Marine Bus and the Metro Marine, both scheduled to be operated until [...]
SEOUL, April 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s largest port city of Busan said Wednesday it has partnered with the U.N. agency focusing on sustainable urbanization and the U.S. tech company Oceanix to build the world’s first prototype floating city near a Busan port. Busan, the UN-Habitat and Oceanix have unveiled the design of the [...]
SEOUL, April 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea plans to build the nation’s first floating airport in the southern port city of Busan by 2035 in a move to handle growing air traffic demand in the region and to seek balanced development across the country, the land ministry said Tuesday. Last year, the National Assembly [...]
BUSAN, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The Busan metropolitan government plans to operate an amphibious bus from July. The city government announced that the amphibious bus will depart from Centum Marina Park in Haeundae District and tour around Suyoung River and Gwangalli Beach Road. The 45-seat bus will be 12 meters long, with a width [...]
BUSAN, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — An old military barracks that used to guard the coastline against the intrusion of North Korean spies has been renovated into a gallery. The Haeundae District in the southeastern city of Busan said Tuesday that an old barracks, abandoned on the coast of Cheongsapo Beach, has been renovated into [...]