SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The world’s top women golfers will return next year to Haenam, a coastal town at South Korea’s southernmost tip, as the LPGA Tour unveiled its 2026 schedule with a record-setting prize pool. The LPGA announced on Nov. 20 (Korea time) that the BMW Ladies Championship will once again be held [...]
MUAN, South Korea, Oct. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — On the reclaimed coastline of South Jeolla Province, an ambitious experiment in urban design is quietly taking shape. The corporate city of Solasido — a blend of solar, sea, and do (province) — is emerging as South Korea’s latest bid to merge renewable energy with artificial intelligence, drawing [...]
MUAN, Oct. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — In a country racing to secure its place in the global artificial intelligence arms race, South Jeolla Province has quietly become a surprising frontrunner. Backed by abundant renewable energy and vast land resources, the region is drawing some of the world’s biggest technology investments—including the government’s next national AI computing [...]
HAENAM, South Korea, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Haenam County in South Jeolla Province has introduced an expanded financial support system for newborns, ensuring that a child born in 2025 will receive up to 91.56 million KRW ($63,100) in government assistance by the time they turn 18. According to Haenam County officials on February 7, the [...]
HAENAM, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The Dinosaur Festival for Children, hosted by Haenam County in South Jeolla Province from May 5 to 7, ended in great success despite unfavorable weather conditions. This festival, which took place for the first time at the Haenam Dinosaur Museum, attracted an estimated 25,000 visitors until May 7, including [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s longest walking trail linking the southeastern port city of Busan with the southwestern county of Haenam via the scenic southern coast was opened to the public Saturday. The new footpath, named the Namparang (south wave) Trail, runs 1,470 kilometers from Oryukdo Sunrise Park in Busan, 453 km [...]
HAENAM, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean farmers have harvested the first bananas ever to be grown in the country’s southern region. Haenam County in South Jeolla province held a banana harvesting ceremony at a local farm on Thursday, as it plans to harvest 12 tons of bananas from 0.4 hectares of land operated [...]
HAENAM, Feb. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Haenam Country in South Jeolla Province will carry out a project to create new forest and mountain areas to promote the economic and public value of woodlands and build a foundation for sustainable forest management. The initiative includes eight hectares of bio-circulated afforestation that supplies biomass raw materials such [...]
HAENAM, Jul. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — A monument has been built in Ttangkkeut Village at Haenam County, South Jeolla Province to mark the starting point of an ultra marathon which began last Sunday. Haenam County said that the Korea Ultra Marathon Federation and others held an unveiling ceremony of the monument at the village’s Ttangkkeut [...]
HAENAM, Feb. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The Bohae Plum Farm in Haenam County, South Jeolla Province, the largest of its kind in South Korea, will hold the 7th Ttangkkeut Maehwa (apricot flowers) Festival on March 16 and 17. The festival is making a comeback after a three-year hiatus due to avian flu, with a variety [...]