JEJU, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – A citizen-initiated ordinance that would essentially restore the controversial burning of hillside grasslands during Jeju Island’s Fire Festival has been proposed, reigniting a debate between cultural preservation and environmental protection. On August 28, the Jeju Provincial Council announced that 1,283 residents of Aewol-eup, Jeju City, where the festival is held, [...]
JEJU, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent survey has revealed that interest in traveling to Jeju Island, a popular South Korean tourist destination, hit an all-time low in July, marking a significant shift in domestic tourism trends. Consumer Insight, a travel research firm, reported on August 28 that only 29% of respondents expressed interest in [...]
JEJU, Jul. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Starting August 1, all buses on Jeju Island will be equipped with a QR code payment system, marking a significant step towards modernizing public transportation and improving convenience for both local residents and international visitors. The Jeju provincial government announced on July 29 that passengers will be able to pay [...]
JEJU, Jul. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – A new study reveals that nearly three-quarters of women in their 20s and 30s on South Korea’s Jeju Island view lifelong singlehood positively, highlighting shifting attitudes towards marriage among the younger generation. The research, conducted by a group of Jeju Provincial Council members called “Happy Youth in Jeju,” surveyed 418 [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of small businesses shutting down on South Korea’s Jeju Island has increased significantly in recent years, according to local authorities. Data from the Jeju Credit Guarantee Foundation shows a steady uptick in business closures among its clients: 1,706 in 2023, 965 in 2022, 723 in 2021, and 618 [...]
JEJU, Jun. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – A troubling phenomenon known as sea desertification, where ocean floors become devoid of marine life, is intensifying in waters surrounding South Korea’s Jeju Island, according to a recent survey. The 2023 Village Fishery Resource and Ecological Environment Report by the Jeju Marine and Fisheries Research Institute revealed severe sea desertification [...]
JEJU, Jun. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – For the next few weeks, visitors to the Haenyeo Museum on the resort island of Jeju can glimpse into the vanishing world of the region’s celebrated free-diving women through the lens of Peter Ashley Lee, a 42-year-old photographer. Lee’s exhibition, “The Last Mermaid,” which opened on June 4 and runs [...]
JEJU, Jun. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – In a distressing display, an Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin was observed carrying her dead newborn calf and attempting to revive it by pushing it above the water’s surface off the coast of Jeju Island, South Korea. According to the documentary group Docu Jeju and researchers from Jeju National University, the grieving [...]
JEJU, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) – On the scenic vacation of island of Jeju, South Korea, an innovative initiative is using drones to assist with beach cleanups and a range of public services, highlighting the region’s embrace of cutting-edge technologies. According to Jeju provincial authorities, a special project will be launched on the islands of Chagwido [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 29 (Korea bizwire) — Hanwha Systems Co., a defense electronics and ICT solutions unit under Hanwha Group, said Monday it will hold a groundbreaking ceremony for a new space center on South Korea’s southern island of Jeju. The Jeju Hanwha Space Center, set to be built at Hawon Techno Campus in southern Jeju, [...]