JEJU, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Starting this year, foreigners in Jeju will be subject to heavy taxation if they use condominiums that they have purchased as vacation homes. Jeju Province announced on Wednesday that condominiums acquired by foreigners, unless proven as primary residences, will be regarded as private vacation homes, and will be subject [...]
JEJU, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The Jeju National Institute of Agriculture and Technology announced on January 2 that it had named a newly developed mandarin orange ‘Fragrance of Fall’, meaning a citrus that can be enjoyed during the fall season, and applied for related variety protections. The new fruit was developed with Golden Fragrance, [...]
SEOGWIPO, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The international Penguin Swimming Competition, the most exotic event for the winter seas, will be held on January 1st at Jungmun Saekdal beach in Seogwipo, Jeju. The event, hosted by the city of Seogwipo and organized by the Seogwipo City Tourism Council, will provide a dramatic experience to all [...]
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 [...]