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Jeju Island Bids Adieu to Famed Stallion

Jeju Island Bids Adieu to Famed Stallion

JEJU, Jun. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Racing Authority held a memorial service for a recently deceased breeding horse on Thursday at its own operational ranch located on Jeju Island. Menifee, known as the nation’s top stallion, collapsed on the floor with symptoms of dizziness after finishing its first crossbreed on June 13. Unfortunately, [...]

Jeju’s For-profit Hospital Protests Ban on Domestic Patients: Officials

Jeju’s For-profit Hospital Protests Ban on Domestic Patients: Officials

JEJU, Dec. 7. (Korea Bizwire) — The Greenland International Medical Center, conditionally approved earlier this week as South Korea’s first for-profit hospital, has expressed an intent to take legal action over the Jeju provincial government’s decision to ban South Korean patients from using the hospital, officials said Friday. Gov. Won Hee-ryong of the Jeju Special [...]

Peugeot-Citroen Opens 1st Auto Museum Outside France on Jeju

Peugeot-Citroen Opens 1st Auto Museum Outside France on Jeju

SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Peugeot-Citroen has opened its first overseas automobile museum outside France on Jeju Island, a local car importer said Thursday. The French carmaker invested 11 billion won (US$9.8 million) in the three-story museum on the popular resort island off South Korea’s coast to promote its vehicles and offer test-drive opportunities [...]