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Environmentally-Friendly Monorail to Explore Korea’s Highest Mountain

JEJU, Aug. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Visitors to South Korea’s highest mountain, Jeju Island’s Mount Halla, can now explore the mountain’s ecosystem on an environmentally-friendly electric monorail. Although monorails were first installed on the mountain’s trails in 1997, they were often the cause of noise and pollution complaints due to their gasoline engines. The monorails were [...]

Gotjawal, Jeju’s Primitive Forest, to be Protected by Special Law

SEOUL, July 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Lawmakers have proposed to protect Jeju’s Gotjawal primitive forest, which is being destroyed by reckless development on the tourist island. Kim Woo-nam, a lawmaker from Jeju, presented a revised bill for the Special Act on the Establishment of Jeju Special Self-governing Province and the Development of Free International City to [...]