SEOUL, May 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Flying of drones within 2km of airports in Korea will soon be technically impossible. The Seoul Regional Aviation Administration said on May 18 that it has agreed with Chinese drone manufacturer DJI to start a program that automatically shuts down drones within 2km of airports. The program will be installed [...]
SEOUL, April 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Shinsegae, a South Korean retail conglomerate, said Tuesday it plans to set up a new unit for duty-free shop operations, joining the race to win a bid to run new duty-free stores in downtown Seoul. Hotel Shilla, a major hotel chain and duty-free shop operator, and other existing duty-free [...]
SEOUL, March 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea returned the remains of 68 Chinese soldiers killed during the 1950-53 Korean War to China on Friday for final burial in their homeland, the defense ministry here said. During a solemn ceremony at Incheon International Airport, South Korean soldiers handed over the coffins, draped in red Chinese flags, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean governmental bodies are making good use of big data analysis to help design new policies. The Gwangju Metropolitan Government and SK Telecom recently conducted a big data analysis regarding transportation and population information in Gwangju, to find out which areas were the most populated with senior citizens over 65 who had [...]
INCHEON, Feb. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — At least two people were killed and more than 40 injured on Wednesday after a bus started a 100-vehicle pileup on a bridge near Incheon International Airport, South Korea’s main gateway, police said. The collision took place at 9:34 a.m. on the Seoul-bound side of the bridge linking this [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – On Weekend nights, residents of Yeongjong Island, the home of Incheon International Airport, suffer from headaches caused by joyriders who stage impromptu races with foreign-made vehicles. Recently, a traffic accident causing the death of a passenger occurred on an island road without CCTV coverage. However, police have given up [...]
“Cho Hyun-ah continuously blames crewmen and the chief flight attendant. It is difficult to judge that Cho had sincerely apologized and showed remorse for the incident. Also, she systematically interfered with the investigation carried out by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport following the incident.” - A prosecutor during Cho’s trial at the Seoul [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – Incheon International Airport’s tax-free cigarette booths are swarming with Korean tourists lining up to buy tax-free cigarettes these days. With a pack of cigarettes in Korea now selling for more than 4,000 won (US$ 3.6), tax-free cigarettes have become a must-buy item on travelers’ shopping lists. However, this safe [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – The duty free shop at Incheon International Airport accumulated more than 2 trillion won (US$1.8 billion) in sales this year, ranking first in the world. The Incheon International Airport Corporation (IIAC) announced that as of December 17, the sales volume of its duty free shop broke 2 trillion won for the [...]
SEOUL, South Korea, Dec. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Presenting high-quality cultural and artistic performances all year round, Incheon International Airport is staging a star-studded cultural event for the festive season to round off the year 2014. Incheon International Airport’s Winter Performance “Winter Story Concert” will be staged for around one hour from 4:00 in the [...]