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 [...]
BUSAN, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Marine litter has been transformed into artworks to share an important message about the seriousness of contaminating the environment. A series of sculptures were built in Busan’s tourist district of Haeundae using debris collected from the sea to raise public awareness about the risk posed by marine litter and the severity of the [...]
BUSAN, Dec. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Busan is turning to blockchain technology to open a new era for retail investors looking to make small purchases of real estate funds. The Busan Blockchain Real-estate Investment Currency (BBRIC), a demonstration project for the Busan metropolitan city government’s blockchain regulation-free special zone, was launched on [...]
BUSAN, Dec. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The 2021 Busan International Art Fair (BIAF) kicked off Thursday for a five-day run, showcasing over 3,000 unique works by some 300 celebrated artists from home and abroad in the southeastern port city. The theme of this year’s fair, held at Bexco Exhibition Center in Busan, 450 kilometers southeast [...]
BUSAN, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Starting from next year, the city of Busan will distribute smart devices for free on a one on one basis to all of the city’s middle and high school students and elementary students above fourth grade. The Busan Metropolitan City Office of Education said Monday that it will distribute [...]
BUSAN, Oct. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — A cryogenic logistics center using liquid natural gas (LNG) cold heat will be set up in the southern port city of Busan. EMP Belstar, a U.S.-based cold chain logistics centers operator, on Wednesday signed a business agreement with the Busan metropolitan government and the Busan-Jinhae Free Economic Zone Authority [...]
BUSAN, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Busan’s Haeundae District received a design award in Hong Kong for an upcycling project that turns old clothes into bags. The ‘Upcycle Closet Project,’ co-hosted by the district and the Haeundae Technology Education Center, won the Social Innovation Award at the 2020 Future Tense Design Award. The award from [...]