SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — This year’s Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) will completely return to normal next month after pandemic-disrupted years with no social distancing at all events, including opening and closing ceremonies, organizers said Wednesday. Asia’s biggest film festival will be held from Oct. 5-14 in the southern port city of Busan, [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The venue of K-pop giant BTS’ upcoming concert in the southern port city of Busan has been changed to Asiad Main Stadium for the convenience of fans coming to see their favorite artists, the band’s agency said Friday. The septet had planned to hold a one-day concert at a [...]
BUSAN, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The city government of Busan, South Korea’s second-largest city, is busy establishing transportation, safety and quarantine measures for an unprecedentedly large audience at the BTS concert there in October, officials said Monday. K-pop superstars BTS recently announced a massive live concert in Busan, 450 km southeast of Seoul, on [...]
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 [...]