ULLEUNG, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Recent incidents of electric vehicle (EV) fires have prompted ferry operators serving Ulleung Island, a popular tourist destination off South Korea’s east coast, to implement new restrictions on EV transportation. According to local authorities in Ulleung County, North Gyeongsang Province, H Shipping Company announced on August 13 that it would [...]
BUSAN, Feb. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Ferry services between South Korea’s Busan and Japan’s Tsushima Island resumed Saturday after a three-year suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Busan Port Authority said two ferry vessels departed from a port in the southeastern city at 8:30 a.m. and 10:10 a.m., and arrived at Hitakatsu Port on [...]
INCHEON, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Incheon’s new ferry passenger terminal, linking the western South Korean port to 10 Chinese cities, will formally open on June 15, officials said Monday. The Incheon Port Authority has built the New Incheon Port International Passenger Terminal in the city’s Songdo International Business District at a cost of 154.7 [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Kim Yung-rok, the governor of South Jeolla Province, has called for a review of a possible implementation of a 1,000 won (US$ 0.88) ferry fee for island residents. The municipality of Goheung-gun is pushing for a new measure that would standardize the ferry transportation fee at 1,000 won. The [...]
JEJU, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The World Natural Heritage Department of Jeju Island stated on the August 21 that will operate a free shuttle bus service for foreign tourists. The service is part of a commemorative event in celebration of the 10th anniversary of Jeju’s appearance on the UNESCO World Heritage List. The shuttles [...]
SEJONG, Apr. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — A feasibility study has shown that the physical recovery of a passenger ferry that sank last year may be technically possible, but it has yet to be decided whether to actually salvage the ship, the government said Friday. The interim outcome of the government study came amid strong demand [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — In the year following the deadly ferry sinking that claimed more than 300 lives, South Korea has striven to fix the social ills behind man-made disasters without any tangible results. Few people can testify to any actual improvement in disaster prevention or control as a series of safety-related accidents [...]