JEJU, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Following the launch of South Korea’s first homegrown space rocket Nuri, another challenge for space will be made on Jeju Island. Jeju’s provincial government said Tuesday that the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) will test the launch of a science observation rocket in Hangyeong-myeon township on [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Starbucks Coffee Korea said Friday it will stop using disposable cups at all of its stores on South Korea’s southern resort island of Jeju within this year in the latest move to protect the environment. Starbucks said it eliminated all single-use cups at four of its stores on Jeju [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The southern resort island of Jeju has become the most popular destination for traveling with pets. The Korea Tourism Organization and the Korea Consumer Agency analyzed Twitter and other social media posts, online news articles and data from map navigation service “T map” from January 2019 to June of this year [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — As the smash-hit Korean-language drama series “Squid Game” continues to sweep the globe, foreign viewers are gaining interest in the southern resort island of Jeju, which is mentioned only once in the series. A Google Trends worldwide search for Jeju Island delivered a full interest score of 100 between [...]
JEJU, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — On the southern island of Jeju, where about 1,400 race horses are retired every year, a proposal was made to slaughter and use the meat from retired race horses to develop new pet food products. Animal rights groups are voicing strong opposition against this proposal. On Wednesday, Jeju’s provincial [...]
JEJU, Oct. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The municipality of the southern resort island of Jeju will introduce a compensation system to promote the use of overproduced and wasted renewable energy for electric vehicle (EV) charging. The the Jeju provincial government on Thursday signed a business agreement with the state-run energy firm Korea Electric Power Corp. [...]
JEJU, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The southern resort island of Jeju was designated a special drone zone in February by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, and since then drones have been playing an important role in various search activities on land, but also at sea. The Jeju Coast Guard and the Seoguipo [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Despite a prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, tourism on the southern resort island of Jeju has recovered this year, but there has been a clear sign of polarization by business type. The Jeju Provincial Government and the Jeju Tourism Organization conducted an analysis of credit card sales generated within the province, [...]
JEJU, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Golf courses on Jeju Island appear to be an exception to the COVID-19 recession, with the southern resort island inundated with record numbers of golfers from outside for the second consecutive year, according to data released Wednesday. The number of visitors to Jeju’s golf courses totaled 1.66 million in [...]
JEJU, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — An appellate court on Wednesday reversed a local court’s approval of the Jeju provincial government’s revocation of the business license of what would have been the nation’s first for-profit hospital. The Jeju branch of the Gwangju High Court ordered the Jeju government to cancel its decision in 2019 to [...]