YONGIN, June 2 (Korea Bizwire) — People are flocking to meet Fubao, the baby panda residing at Everland amusement park in Yongin, south of Seoul, upon learning that the panda will return to China next year. The resort division of Samsung C&T, responsible for Everland, reported a 20 percent increase in daily visits to Panda [...]
YONGIN, May 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung C&T Corp.’s Resort Group, the operator of amusement park Everland, said Thursday it will release the Everland Metaverse next month. The new metaverse platform, up for primary release on June 17, will allow users to virtually ride the T-express, join a water gun fight onboard the “Shooting Water [...]
YONGIN, April 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The area around an outdoor wave pool at Caribbean Bay, the water park within amusement park Everland, will be transformed into an exotic resort beach. The resort division of Samsung C&T, which runs Everland and Caribbean Bay, said it will open the Mar Caribe The Bayside Café in the [...]
YONGIN, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Everland amusement park in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province said Tuesday that it will issue non-fungible tokens (NFTs) during the period from April 2 to 6 to celebrate the 30th anniversary of its tulip festival. The Tulip NFTs will come in 11 different types featuring both aesthetic value and scarcity based [...]
YONGIN, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Everland, South Korea’s largest amusement park, plans to introduce a program that will allow users to enjoy a closer look at nocturnal carnivores such as lions, tigers and hyenas. Everland announced that it will start operating the ‘night safari tram’ that will enable users to explore the safari world [...]
YONGIN, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The Everland amusement park in Yongin, south of Seoul, is set to screen K-pop supergroup BTS’ multimedia show on its outdoor stage. Samsung C&T Corp., which operates Everland, said Monday that the multimedia show “Over the Universe” will be aired at the amusement park for 15 minutes before closing [...]
SEOUL, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The amusement park Everland’s Safari Bus has officially retired following 45 years of service. The retirement ceremony was attended by children, lot winners from social media, former zookeepers, and Everland staff. Participants hung hand-written letters and flower necklaces on the Safari Bus to send it off on its final [...]
YONGIN, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Fubao, a baby panda living at the amusement park Everland in Yongin, south of Seoul, took its first outdoor stroll on Monday. The first female panda to be born in the country, Fubao was born last July and grew up in a separate, indoor facility, gaining 10 kilograms and becoming [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Everland, South Korea’s largest theme park in Yongin, south of Seoul, will light up a huge full moon with a 40 meter diameter from Sept. 30-Oct. 4 in celebration of the Chuseok holiday. The full moon will appear on the screen of the theme park’s most famous ride, the [...]
YONGIN, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s first giant panda born through natural mating was found to be robust and healthy as it grew five times larger in just 30 days. The baby panda was born at Everland, a theme park operated by Samsung Group, in late July. It had pinkish skin, was no [...]