JEJU, April 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s southern resort island of Jeju is on track to allow the sales of battery packs in used electric vehicles (EVs). On Friday, the Jeju Special Self-Governing Provincial Government issued an advance notice on a partial revision of the “EV battery return and processing ordinance.” Under the revision, [...]
JEJU, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and the Jeju Special Self-Governing Province jointly announced on Tuesday a basic plan to invigorate distributed energy, as well as to speed up the establishment of related infrastructure and the cultivation of new industries in the southern resort island of Jeju. Distributed [...]
JEJU, April 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Tourist arrivals on the southern resort island of Jeju climbed 37.4 percent so far this year compared to a year ago amid increased efforts to return to pre-pandemic normalcy, industry data showed Monday. According to the Jeju Tourism Association, 3.45 million visitors arrived on Jeju from Jan. 1 to [...]
JEJU, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Despite an increasing number of tourists returning to South Korea’s southern Jeju Island for tourism, their level of satisfaction continues to go downhill as the pandemic drags on, a survey showed Wednesday. The Jeju Tourism Organization conducted a survey of 500 people each month during last year except for [...]
JEJU, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The southern island of Jeju is moving to resume its visa waiver program for international travelers, which has been suspended for the past two years during the pandemic, officials said Wednesday. Jeju Province officials have recently visited the culture, land and justice ministries and requested they discuss the reinstatement [...]
JEJU, April 5 (Korea Bizwire) — A local court on Tuesday ruled against the Jeju provincial government’s decision years ago to ban a for-profit hospital from treating domestic patients. The Jeju District Court said it is against the law for the Jeju government to permit the opening of the nation’s first for-profit hospital, called Greenland [...]
SEOUL, April 3 (Korea Bizwire) — President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol paid tribute to victims of a civilian massacre on the southern island of Jeju on Sunday, saying he will be committed to restoring dignity to them and their surviving families. Yoon attended the memorial commemorating the victims of a 1948 massacre in Jeju. The occasion marked [...]
JEJU, March 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The nation’s first blooming cherry blossoms this spring were observed on the southern island of Jeju on Friday, local weather agency said. The flowering came on the same day as the average year but eight days later than last year’s March 17, due to relatively low temperatures this month, [...]
JEJU, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The government of Jeju Special Self-Governing Province said Wednesday it will launch the full-scale operation of a new shared logistics platform called ‘modang.’ The provincial government decided to establish the shared platform as a way to address the disadvantages local residents and companies face due to the province’s geographical [...]
JEJU, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 200,000 people are expected to travel to Jeju Island during the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday despite growing concerns over the spread of the omicron coronavirus variant, according to travel industry officials Tuesday. According to the Jeju Tourism Association, the number of visitors to the resort island [...]