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 [...]
SEOUL, July 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The accumulated number of visitors to the safari theme park of Everland, South Korea’s largest amusement park, located just outside of Seoul, has topped 10 million, its operator said Monday. Since opening four years and three months ago, more than 10 million people have visited Lost Valley Safari, the [...]
YONGIN, South Korea, Jan. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Covered in snow and newly-built ice walls, Everland has just introduced a “Snow Safari” adventure for an opportunity to witness at close distance some 40 of its wild beasts, including brown bears and tigers, roaming around in a winter world. In addition to the Snow Safari, Everland [...]
YONGIN, South Korea, Oct. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – Everland, Korea’s largest theme park and the crown jewel of Samsung C&T Corporation, became the first Korean business enterprise to exceed 4 million page likes on Facebook, which is roughly one fourth of Korean Facebook users (16 million). The park’s Facebook page was launched in January 2011, [...]
YONGIN, July 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Two pandas at Everland were presented with special treats Sunday to celebrate their upcoming third and fourth birthdays. Ai Bao (lovely treasure) and Le Bao (pleasant treasure) are Chinese giant pandas who flew some 2,400km to Korea from China a little over four months ago on March 3. The [...]
YONGIN, June 21 (Korea Bizwire) – June 21 marks World Giraffe Day. It was first initiated in 2014 by the Giraffe Conservation Foundation with the intention to “raise support, create awareness and shed light on the challenges giraffes face in the wild”. To mark the occasion, a zoo in Yongin, Everland Lost Valley, has arranged [...]
YONGIN, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) – A pair of Chinese panda bears that arrived in South Korea last month were unveiled to the public for the first time at an amusement park here Friday, as the city of Yongin hopes the animals will draw more tourists to the region. The pandas, named Ai Bao and Le Bao, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – A pair of giant pandas born in China will fly to South Korea as early as next month to live at an amusement park owned by Samsung Everland, company officials said Thursday. South Korea and China designated Samsung Everland as the host for the bears after Beijing decided to [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Everland amusement park will be adding a couple of rare panda bears to its animal roster, and will share them with the public starting next year. The resort construction sector of Samsung C&T Corporation signed an agreement with the wildlife protection society of China to cooperate on protecting pandas. [...]
YONGIN, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Everland has announced the opening of its Kochia Festival, which is exhibiting hundreds of thousands of red Kochias all over the theme park. The scientific name of Kochia is ‘Kochia Scoparia’, and they turn red earlier than other foliage, and into a deeper color. They can easily be seen [...]