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 [...]
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 [...]