JEJU ISLAND, South Korea, April 23 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s southern resort island of Jeju is seeking to attract more domestic tourists to offset a sharp decrease in Chinese visitors amid political tensions over the deployment of a U.S. missile shield, industry data showed Sunday. The scenic island had been popular among Chinese tourists [...]
JEJU, April 18 (Korea Bizwire) – Tourists from Southeast Asian countries visiting Jeju Island on the last leg of their tour will soon be able to travel to the rest of South Korea for five days without a visa, according to government officials. At a provincial government conference held yesterday, Jeju Province Governor Won Hee-ryong [...]
SEOUL, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Concerns over further American military intervention are growing among residents of Jeju Island after the U.S. Aegis destroyer USS Stethem docked at the Jeju Naval Base before heading back to its home port in Japan. Anti-war organizations and town councils based in Gangjeong village, where the Naval base is [...]
JEJU, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) – More than 60 percent of individuals from other parts of South Korea who have settled down in Jeju Island say they are happy to have moved there, a survey from the Jeju Women & Family Research Institute (JEWFRI) has found. The survey, which was conducted last year, gathered a sample [...]
JEJU ISLAND, South Korea, Oct. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Prosecutors said Tuesday they have indicted seven Chinese tourists on charges of beating up a South Korean restaurant owner on Jeju Island last month. The Jeju District Prosecutors’ Office said the defendants are suspected of assaulting the 53-year-old owner of the restaurant, identified only by her [...]
JEJU, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Despite a long and productive history of cultivating citrus fruits, many Jeju Island farmers are abandoning their agricultural operations and opening solar power installations instead. Just a few days after Jeju’s provincial government announced a plan to offer solar power business opportunities to outdoor tangerine farming communities, 164 farmers submitted [...]
JEJU, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Caves and geological features of volcanoes on Jeju Island will be put up as candidates for registration as UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The Jeju World Natural Heritage Center revealed on Tuesday, July 5, that it selected Geomunoreum’s upstream caves Utsanjeon, Bukoreum, Daerim, and Socheon Cave in Hallim-eup as candidates. For [...]
JEJU, July 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Jeju Island is expected to see more than 1.5 million cruise visitors next year, in line with the scheduled opening of a civilian-military tourist harbor in the island’s southern city of Seogwipo. The Jeju Provincial Government announced on Monday, July 4, that a total of 26 cruise ships will enter [...]
SEOUL, June 13 (Korea Bizwire) – The beautiful beaches of Jeju Island, some of the most sought after vacation destinations in Korea, are slowly disappearing. Reckless coastal development and a rise in sea levels due to climate change are producing widespread coastal erosion. On May 19, an endless line of dump trucks brought sand to Jeju [...]
JEJU, June 2 (Korea Bizwire) – The municipality of Jeju, South Korea’s southern-most resort island, will expand its cruise terminals and release a special smartphone application for cruise travelers in an ambitious five-year plan to boost its cruise tour industry, the regional government said Wednesday. Jeju Island seeks to draw a total of 1,000 port entries [...]