JEJU, Jul. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — An endangered species has been found near the planned site of the Jeju Animal Theme Park project, raising calls for a precise ecological survey to be carried out. A task force opposing the theme park said Wednesday that it found stag beetles while working on repairing banners across the [...]
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, Jun. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Jeju’s signature beach horse race will be held this summer at the island’s Gwakji beach. Let’s Run Park Jeju, which is run by the Korea Racing Authority, announced that the 2019 Gwakji Beach Horse Race will be held on July 7. Eight racehorses will compete on a 200 meter [...]
JEJU, Jun. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Starting next month, Jeju Province will be offering 300,000 won (US$258) in pension disbursements each month to haenyeo – traditional female divers from the island – who are more than 80 years old as part of a program that is scheduled to run over the next three years. The [...]
JEJU, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The old diving suits of haenyeo, Korean women divers, are transforming into tourism products. The products feature the hard life of a haenyeo, and are drawing much attention. The city of Seogwipo in Jeju announced on Wednesday that it has developed an upcycling product using old haenyeo diving suits, [...]
JEJU, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Jeju’s Seobu Police Station said four Chinese men visiting Jeju visa-free were arrested for burglary on Monday. The men are suspected of breaking into a high-end villa in a small town near Jeju City on December 30 and stealing watches and jewelry on three separate occasions. An investigation revealed [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Starting next month, so called ‘drive-through’ systems will allow residents of Jeju City to receive civil affair documents without having to exit their vehicle. Jeju City is already constructing drive-through windows by the west wall of the city hall’s 5th annex building, and they will enter service in February. [...]
JEJU, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Jeju’s Biyang Island, which is also known as the ‘Memoir of a Millennium’, has been in a state of turmoil since the end of last year due to a special operation to capture a herd of black goats. Since last month, the Jeju government has started to hunt the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]