JEJU, March 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The Jeju Immigration Office in South Korea’s southern resort island of Jeju quickly became a scene of chaos with Chinese illegal aliens lined up to flee the country. Some 200 people rushed to report on Tuesday that they would voluntarily leave South Korea. There were even instances of physical [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — More people moved from Jeju to Seoul than from Seoul to Jeju last year for the first time in more than a decade. According to an analysis by Zigbang Co., South Korea’s top real estate info application, there was a net inflow of 10 people from Jeju to Seoul [...]
JEJU, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Jeju haenyeo – female divers who are designated as a UNESCO World Heritage – are declining in number due to their aging population. The Jeju provincial government said Wednesday that there were a total of 3,820 haenyeo in the province as of the end of last year, down 2 [...]
JEJU, Jan. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Jeju provincial government has sent out letters asking affiliated departments and agencies to refrain from flying balloons during festivals. Balloons flown at festivals usually end up in the ocean. There have been rising concerns that fish and birds might die from choking on balloons after mistaking them as food, [...]
JEJU, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — A group of mammal researchers conducted an autopsy on the dead body of a 12.6-meter-long fin whale at a port on South Korea’s largest island of Jeju on Friday, the first case in the country of a whale longer than 10 meters being examined to discover the cause of [...]
SEOGWIPO, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The 20th International Seogwipo Winter Sea Penguin Swimming Festival will be held on January 1 at Jeju’s Jungmun Saekdal Beach. The event invites participants to challenge the winter sea as a gesture to throw away the worries of the previous year into the ocean, and make a new year’s [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has completed the construction of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage and distribution facility on Jeju, the country’s southern resort island, the country’s industry ministry said Thursday. The project to build the LNG factory on Jeju began in 2007, with 543 billion won (US$460 million) spent on [...]
JEJU, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The Jeju Olle Walking Festival, making walking tourism a new popular trend in South Korea, began this Thursday. The festival is marking its 10th anniversary this year, inviting participants to walk one Olle course per day as they enjoy various performances and local cuisine. Some 10,000 foreigners from the [...]
JEJU, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — A second-grade endangered species, the Japanese Night Heron, has been spotted again in South Korea after more than a decade. The Korea Association for Bird Protection on Tuesday released the results of a recent bird survey that confirmed a pair of Japanese Night Herons were living in a forest [...]
JEJU, Jul. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — A new museum where visitors can encounter rare pianos, including the world’s only piano decorated with sculptures carved by the modern master Auguste Rodin, has opened. The World Automobile Jeju Museum, located in Seogwipo, Jeju Island, reported Monday that it has opened the country’s first “Piano Museum,” which has [...]