BUSAN, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Korea’s most celebrated beach, Haeundae, is offering smart bracelets starting Friday to help parents keep track of their children. More than 26 million people visited the popular vacation spot in 2015, while 16 million visited during the summer holiday season (July – August) alone. With hundreds of thousands of people [...]
BUSAN, June 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Busan’s Haeundae district is best known for its beach that attracts millions of visitors each summer. But it’s also a major MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences, and exhibitions) center, with the Busan Exhibition and Convention Center (BEXCO),and hosts major annual events such as the Busan International Film Festival. Under these conditions, competition [...]
BUSAN, May 19 (Korea Bizwire) – NOMU. No More Uncles. It’s a new acronym aimed at older men who are seeking a younger lifestyle. Korean men are increasingly taking care of their looks. Men are investing more time and money in shopping, and in grooming themselves; even older men, the majority of whom used to [...]
BUSAN, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire)-On October 26, 78 Chinese couples tied the knot in a group wedding ceremony held at Haeundae Beach in Busan. Busan mayor Seo Byung-soo officiated the wedding, wishing the couples happiness as they embarked on new lives together. The couples arrived in Busan on October 25, and had wedding photos taken [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The Haeundae District Office conducted a big data analysis of 5,300 domestic and 4,700 foreign Haeundae-related mentions on blogs, internet communities and SNS from June to October 2014. According to a comparative analysis between the 2014 results and results from a similar study in 2012, Marine City and Moon Tan Road, [...]
Busan, Korea, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — A Spider Man statue has been added to the ‘Street of Cinema’ in Marine City, Busan‘s upscale township in the Haeundae district. The statue is one of 500 that are permitted by Marvel Entertainment to be installed on streets around the world. The Street of Cinema is a movie characters-themed coastal [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — A domestic film depicting the life of a typical father from Korea’s older generation has attracted more than 6 million viewers, its investor-distributor said Friday, amid controversy over the film’s alleged right-wing ideological bias. “Ode to My Father” exceeded the milestone on Thursday, drawing a total of 6,097,483 people [...]