JEJU, Jul. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Scores of the country’s old “haenyeo,” female divers whose culture is designated a UNESCO heritage, died while catching seafood in recent years due largely to chronic diseases like heart trouble, the local maritime police said Tuesday. Haenyeo refers to female divers on the southern resort island of Jeju who [...]
JEJU, Jun, 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Yemeni refugees who are currently staying on Jeju Island have helped local residents find their wallets on a few occasions. According to the Jeju Dongbu Police Station’s Ora Patrol Division, Yemeni refugees have visited the police branch to turn in lost items that they had recovered on four different [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — As an increasing number of residents of Jeju Island have voiced concerns regarding their safety and the possible costs associated with the recent influx of Yemeni refugees coming to the island by taking advantage of a visa-free policy, the government has set out to actively relieve the buildup of [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — As controversy surrounding Yemeni refugees in Jeju Island brews, over 200,000 people have petitioned against the refugees on the presidential Blue House’s website. The initial petition titled “Petition Against the Approval of Refugees” gained the consensus of 208,096 people as of yesterday morning. The central government is required to [...]
JEJU, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The story of Father Patrick James McGlinchey, known in Korean as Yim Pee-jae, has been developed into a documentary film. The Yim Pee-jae Commemorative Project will screen a sneak preview of the documentary film ‘Isidore, The Miracle of Jeju’ at Megabox Jeju on May 25. Yang Jin-gun, the film’s [...]
SEOUL, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A new survey voted Jeju Island as the top place that office workers would like to live in. According to JobKorea, a job searching portal and its subsidiary, Albamon, 22 percent of 1,462 working respondents said that Jeju was the “city of dreams” that they would like to live [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – According to a report made public by the Arts Council Korea on February 28, in 2016 Jeju hosted 133.3 arts productions per 100,000 people, the highest figure out of the 17 cities and provinces analyzed. Jeju’s tally was nearly 10 more than the 124.4 productions that took place in [...]
JEJU, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Jeju Island, South Korea’s only island province and a major tourist destination, announced on February 21 that it had approved the move of the foreigners-only Landing Casino from its location at the Hyatt Regency Jeju Hotel to Jeju Shinhwa World, the island’s first integrated resort. The move will vastly [...]
JEJU, Feb. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Local police on Jeju Island are set to enforce a safety grade system for guesthouses to ensure a safe environment for visitors after a recent homicide. Following a murder at a local guesthouse in which a female guest was killed by a manager, emergency meetings will be held to introduce [...]
JEJU, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – With its sights set on becoming an “electric car paradise”, the island province of Jeju announced February 9 it will develop a high-precision map for self-driving cars and encourage auto manufacturers to use the island’s facilities as a testing ground. These initiatives will be undertaken jointly with the JDC [...]