SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Jeju, South Korea’s southernmost island, is pushing to adopt an e-travel authorization system for foreigners from visa-free nations starting next month, officials said Friday. The plan to introduce the Korea Electronic Travel Authorization (K-ETA) came after dozens of Thai tourists who recently entered Jeju broke away from tour groups, [...]
JEJU, Aug. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The autonomous police forces on South Korea’s largest island of Jeju announced that it has formed a cooperative system the with Jeju Fire Safety Headquarters to secure the golden hour for ambulances transporting emergency patients, including those suffering from cardiac arrest or serious injuries. The cooperative system will start [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Casinos on the southern resort land of Jeju are making an offensive to fill in the gap created after Macau’s shrinking presence in the industry following China’s blockade of the city to fend off COVID-19. Lotte Tour Development Co., the operator of the Jeju Dream Tower Resort, announced Monday [...]
JEJU, Aug. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Drones are being deployed by beaches in the southern resort island of Jeju as the newest members of their lifeguard teams. The Jeju provincial government announced that it was deploying hydrogen drones capable of flying longer than two hours at Hamdeok Beach on Monday to monitor hazardous zones in real-time. The [...]
JEJU, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Sculptures symbolizing Jeju Island have been set up along the Camino de Santiago, Spain’s most popular trekking course. Officials from the Jeju provincial government and public figures from Spain’s Galicia region held a ceremony at Monte do Gozo on Tuesday (local time) to celebrate the new sculptures. South Korea [...]
JEJU, June 20 (Korea Bizwire) – The Jeju International Tourism Marathon was held in a full-fledged manner on Sunday after being suspended for two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Some 3,500 people participated in the event, competing at the Gujwa Sports Complex and the coastal road on the southern resort island of Jeju. The [...]
SEOUL, June 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The southern resort island of Jeju welcomed the first direct flight from Singapore on Wednesday as part of efforts to revive its pandemic-hit tourism industry. Singaporean budget carrier Scoot’s Airbus A321neo aircraft arrived at Jeju International Airport early in the morning as the airline inaugurated its non-stop service between [...]
JEJU, June 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Sea lettuce, a cause of bad odors and a blight on the landscape along the coast of Jeju Island, has effectively been reused as feed for cows. The Jeju Biodiversity Research Institute reported that a study jointly conducted by a local feed manufacturer and Konkuk University on a newly [...]
JEJU, May 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The Jeju Special Self-Governing Provincial Office of Education said Thursday it had launched a school newsletter translation service on a trial basis for multicultural families with students at four elementary schools on the island. The service is aimed at providing multicultural families with school newsletters written in their native [...]
JEJU, May 19 (Korea Bizwire) – A construction project that started four years ago to expand Bijarim road that links Daecheon and Songdang in the southern island of Jeju and was subsequently halted is now expected to proceed. The Jeju Special Self-Governing Province Office said Wednesday it has completed revising the blueprints for the construction of a [...]