SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – A record number of people traveled through Incheon International Airport, South Korea’s main gateway, over the Lunar New Year’s holiday that ends Wednesday, the airport said. This year, the holiday lasted five days, including the weekend, prompting a large number of people to travel at home and abroad. Between [...]
SEOUL, Feb.3 (Korea Bizwire) – The Board of Audit and Inspection has discovered during an investigation that foreigners who were banned from Korea after committing crimes turned out to have been entering and exiting the country freely. The problem was caused because the Ministry of Justice neglected its duties. The ministry quickly improved its system [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Korea Bizwire) - Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn said Sunday he will work out measures to strengthen security at South Korea’s main airport in the wake of a series of security breaches there. “Keeping the nation’s main gateway is tantamount to defending the country, and we can never accept any behavior that poses a [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Incheon International Airport, Seoul’s main gateway, has been named the world’s best airport for the 10th consecutive year, officials said Thursday. Global Traveler (GT), a U.S. magazine for business travelers, announced that the airport grabbed the 2015 GT Tested Reader Survey Award as the best in the business, extending [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – International passengers who purchase Internet or mobile flight tickets will soon be able to shorten their boarding process by up to 30 minutes at Korean airports. On December 22, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced that it is implementing a simplified boarding process service for international passengers with [...]
SEOUL, Nov.28 (Korea Bizwire) – A five-year cycle to pick duty-free shop operators within Incheon International Airport has returned again, forewarning fierce competition ahead. The Korea Customs Service posted on November 27 on its website that it would receive applications for new retail shop operators in the immigration area past the departure gate. According to the bid notice, [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Mar. 21, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – As part of its program to present premium cultural performances and art exhibitions year round, Incheon International Airport is offering a special music festival for this spring featuring world famous artists to celebrate its 13th anniversary and achievement of being ranked No. 1 in Airport Service Quality (ASQ) for [...]
INCHEON, South Korea, Sept. 27, 2013 (Korea Bizwire) – On 26th of November, Incheon International Airport (ICN), Korea’s busiest airport, and the only airport in the world to be voted best in the world by Airports Council International for eight consecutive years, breaks ground on Terminal 2. Gensler, as the collaborating design architect with the HMGY (Heerim-Mooyoung-Gensler-Yungdo) Consortium, [...]