INCHEON, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Convenience food, packaged Korean cuisine, is rapidly gaining popularity among foreigners, with an increasing number of travelers purchasing the products at Korean airports before departure. Food and restaurant services company Our Home started offering Korean convenience food at its Food Empire outlets at Incheon International Airport this year. Food [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – This year’s Chuseok holiday, which began on September 14, has finally ended, and Koreans are returning to their workplaces. The holiday began with tension following a historic 5.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Gyeongju last Monday, and ended with typhoons Meranti and Malakas affecting the peninsula with heavy rain starting on Saturday. [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – Korea’s leading airline, Korean Air, set a new record for daily production of inflight meals on July 30. According to the airline, the company produced meals for 84,936 passengers on Saturday, breaking the previous record of 80,332 set just a few days earlier on July 27. Meal production has [...]
INCHEON, Aug. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – Since 2015, KT&G (Korea Tobacco & Ginseng Corporation) has been able to maintain a winning streak in duty free store sales at Incheon International Airport. According to airport data, KT&G product sales at Korea’s leading airport came to 103.1 billion won ($92.7 million) and 71.8 billion won, respectively, in [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – A consortium led by U.S. casino operator Mohegan Sun on Monday signed a land lease agreement with Incheon International Airport Corporation to build an integrated resort on Yeongjong Island by 2020. Inspire Integrated Resort, a consortium by Mohegan Sun and South Korean chemical maker KCC Group, signed the agreement [...]
INCHEON, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) – Police said Thursday they are investigating scores of Kim Jong-il badges found at a hotel near Incheon International Airport, South Korea’s main gateway. Grand Hyatt Incheon, located right next to the airport, reported to police at around 6:25 a.m. that the coin-sized lapel pins were found in front of [...]
SEOUL, July 26 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of single-day takeoffs and landings at Incheon International Airport, South Korea’s main gateway, surpassed the 1,000 mark for the first time over the weekend, the airport operator said Tuesday. Incheon airport, located west of Seoul, reported a total of 1,020 takeoffs and landings on Sunday. The number [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A U.S. cargo plane operated by United Parcel Service of America skidded off a runway at the main gateway to South Korea due to a breakdown in the landing gear. No casualties were reported, the aviation authorities here said Tuesday. Flight 5X61 bound for Anchorage in the United States [...]
SEOUL, May 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Gimpo airport, located just west of Seoul, will open dedicated facilities for private and chartered planes next month, South Korea’s airport authority said Friday. The Seoul Gimpo Business Aviation Center will open at Gimpo International Airport in mid-June with an exclusive terminal and a hanger, according to the Korea [...]
INCHEON, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) – Two Chinese nationals who were indicted on charges of illegally sneaking into South Korea through the country’s largest airport received a suspended jail term and were order to be deported, court records showed Friday. The Incheon District Court sentenced the husband and wife to a year and eight months [...]