YONGIN, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Everland, the amusement park in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, will hold a month-long “Rose Festival” from May 17 to June 16. The Everland Rose Festival, which began in 1985 as the first flower festival in South Korea, marks its 35th anniversary this year, displaying about 720 varieties and 1 million [...]
YONGIN, Apr. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Everland Resort, South Korea’s biggest amusement park in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, re-opened Safari World on Monday, transforming its land-based “Lost Valley Wild Road” to offer a closer look at animals. Lost Valley, which opened in 2013, covers an area of roughly 53,000 square meters, representing the Everland Zoo along [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Everland, the amusement park operating unit of Samsung C&T Corp., is incorporating cutting-edge information technology to amusement facilities and customer service to provide smart access to visitors. Samsung C&T announced on Sunday the launch of the Samsung Galaxy Friends program for Everland in collaboration with Samsung Electronics. The program [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — After more than three years of deliberation, a South Korean court has ruled that it is an act of discrimination for Everland, a major South Korean amusement park, to restrict visually impaired people’s access to roller coasters. The Seoul Central District Court delivered a verdict in a case filed [...]
YONGIN, Jun. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The only remaining polar bear in South Korea, which has been living in a zoo south of Seoul for more than two decades, will move to a wildlife park in Britain later this year, zoo officials said Monday. The planned relocation of the bear, named Tongki, from the Everland [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — A white stuffed tiger has emerged as an unlikely star of the Winter Games currently taking place in PyeongChang, South Korea. “Soohorang,” the mascot for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics, is cuddled by Olympic winners on the podium after their events, receiving as much media attention as victorious athletes. [...]
SUWON, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – Despite a number of initiatives to attract international tourists, the number of visitors to Gyeonggi Province has remained underwhelming, new government data has revealed. Gyeonggi Province has been attempting to boost the local economy by developing new tourism programs and other promotional activities with the slogan ‘Gwangang Gyeonggi’ (Tourism Gyeonggi), [...]
YONGIN, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Following in the footsteps of popular attractions “Horror Village”, “Horror Maze” and “Horror Safari 2014″, Everland will unveil another fear-and-fun inducing activity called “Blood City” on September 7. The legend of Blood City is chronicled in 100,000 square meters of “urban” sprawl encompassing the Alpine Area, Amazon Express and [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Competition for medical patients has gone up another notch as major hospitals are releasing advanced technological services to stay a step ahead of their competitors. According to industry sources, since April Hallym University Medical Center in Dongtan has revamped the existing model of providing medicine to patients in an effort to [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — A video depicting a polar bear suffering from the sweltering summer heat at a South Korean zoo has sparked a controversy, with some accusing the zoo of animal abuse. The video, released by South Korean animal rights group Care, shows a polar bear named ‘Tonky’ confined to an indoor [...]