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 [...]
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 [...]