JEJU ISLAND, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly two years after Esmail Alqublani escaped from a war-ravaged Yemen, his memories of plundering, bombings, kidnappings and slayings by armed rebels in the central city of Ibb are still haunting him. The 30-year-old former journalist can hardly imagine a return to the scene of the grinding conflict [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Gangjeong village residents on Jeju Island have launched a protest against the international fleet review that began on Wednesday. The Joint Action to Protect Jeju Island for Peace Against 2018 International Fleet Review, comprised of Gangjeong Residents Against Navy Base and other civil groups, staged a rally in front [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – The “2018 Trans Jeju Ultra Trail-Running Contest” that will see runners traverse the scenic trails of Hallasan National Park on Jeju Island will be taking place on October 20 and 21 This race is divided into three categories: 111-kilometer and 56-kilometer courses certified by the International Trail-Running Association (ITRA) [...]
JEJU, Oct. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Haenyeo, the women of Jeju who dive in search of seafood, are slated to put on cultural performances in Canada and Germany. According to the organizing committee of the Jeju International Wind Ensemble Festival, the women divers of Gosan-ri, Hangyeong-meyon in Jeju will perform at the Kitchener–Waterloo Oktoberfest to [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Kim Nam-soon recently got a job at Bukchon Hanok Village in downtown Seoul. Her duty is to maintain order in the village filled with traditional Korean houses, or “hanok,” when tourists flood through the narrow alleys. No yelling, no fly-tipping and no photos of residents without their permission. Apparently [...]
JEJU, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — An Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (scientific name: Tursiops aduncus) has been travelling freely into a fish farm situated in the waters of Haengwon-ri off the coast of Jeju Island in search of food, experts say, with its most recent visit documented yesterday. The dolphin that swam into a traditional Jeju [...]
JEJU, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The Chief of Naval Operations has accepted the demands made by Jeju residents in Gangjeong Village asking for an apology, forecasting a possible resolution to the ongoing conflict between the villagers and the navy. Yesterday morning, Adm. Sim Seung-seob and his staff visited Gangjeong Village in the city of [...]
JEJU ISLAND/SEOUL, Aug. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Typhoon Soulik crashed into South Korea’s southernmost island, Jeju, on Thursday and is forecast to affect the capital city the following morning on its way north, weather authorities said. The powerful tropical storm was heading north at a speed of 23 km per hour through seas about 90 [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Conflicts surrounding Yemeni refugee applicants in Jeju have become frequent at the refugees’ temporary workplaces, stemming from cultural differences between the Yemenis and their Korean employers. On July 10, a Yemeni refugee in his 20s who was hired as a crewman on a ship filed a police report claiming [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The staple “chop, chop” dynamic or “ppali ppali” (“hurry” in Korean) culture in modern Korea is hardly an exception when it comes to traveling. Going on a trip somewhere, whether local or abroad, still connotes a rushed schedule of visiting as many places as possible during a weeklong holiday [...]