JEJU ISLAND, South Korea, June 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Demands for air travel between South Korea’s resort island of Jeju and Chinese cities have soared over the past years, but Korean airlines have had difficulty in increasing flights due to tough regulations imposed by the Chinese government, industry data showed Monday. Out of 350 flights [...]
JEJU, June 2 (Korea Bizwire) – The municipality of Jeju, South Korea’s southern-most resort island, will expand its cruise terminals and release a special smartphone application for cruise travelers in an ambitious five-year plan to boost its cruise tour industry, the regional government said Wednesday. Jeju Island seeks to draw a total of 1,000 port entries [...]
SEOGWIPO, South Korea, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s new naval base on the southern resort island of Jeju is holding an event this week that will allow the general public to see various types of naval ships and equipment in a move aimed at building trust with the local community, the Navy said Tuesday. [...]
JEJU, April 1 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s first cherry blossom festival of the year kicked off on Jeju Island Friday, with visitors hailing from around the country and overseas gathering to celebrate the origin of the globally cherished flower. The 25th “Jeju Cherry Blossom Festival” officially launched at Jeonnong-ro, about 3.3 kilometers east of [...]
SEJONG, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Two bottlenose dolphins that were returned to sea in June 2015 are adjusting well to their natural habitat. The Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries announced that Taesan (male) and Boksun (female), the two bottlenose dolphins that were released near Hamduk, Jeju, were recently spotted. They were happily swimming in pod [...]
SEOUL, Feb.25 (Korea Bizwire) – A traditional fire ceremony that has been held over the years on Jeju Island now continues as a festival. Fire ceremonies have long been held in Korea during the winter. Various types of ceremonies using fire exist across the nation. As part of wishes for a prosperous new year and [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Korea Bizwire) - Two South Korean cities, Seoul and Jeju, were ranked among the world’s 100 most visited cities by foreign travelers in 2014, CNN reported Thursday. The South Korean capital Seoul ranked 13th in international tourist arrivals by attracting 9.39 million foreign travelers, CNN reported, citing data from Euromonitor, the British [...]
JEJU, Dec.10 (Korea Bizwire) – Accommodation facilities owned by foreigners are increasing on Jeju Island, where more than 10 million tourists from Korea and abroad visit every year. According to the local government, 20 properties with a total of 1,976 rooms were owned by foreigners as of September. Among Jeju’s total of 321 properties and [...]
JEJU, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Concluding two decades of preparations and controversies, the Navy is set to unveil a new naval base on the southern resort island of Jeju, where it could launch warships against North Korea’s potential provocations in a dramatically shortened amount of time. The construction work for the Jeju civil-military sea port base, spanning nearly 500,000 square meters with docks running some 5 kilometers in the direction of the East China [...]
SEOGWIPO, Nov.23 (Korea Bizwire) – Sincheon village in Seogwipo, Jeju Island, has been reborn as an ‘Art Village’. The region is the shooting location of the movie ‘Sunshine’ (2014), which illustrates the struggles of a girl who is a North Korean defector becoming a pop artist. After a few pop art murals were painted during [...]