SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The photograph collection ‘Jeju Stone Walls Piled Up by the Wind’, containing worries about the beauty and the value of the iconic Jeju stone walls and plans for their preservation has been published. The cultural heritage value of the Jeju stone walls has only recently been recognized. They were registered [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Asiana Airlines Inc., South Korea’s second-largest flag carrier, ranked first in passenger transportation for the Gimpo-Jeju Island route for the first time last year thanks to its efforts to expand the number of flights for customers using the most popular air travel itinerary here, industry data showed Tuesday. According [...]
JEJU, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – Chinese, who are especially fond of anything gold-colored, are paying thousands of dollars for boxes of 10 croceine croakers at Jeju Hallim Suhyup’s consignment market. Often called yellow croakers for their golden color, croceine croakers are a popular delicacy in China and an occasional side dish in Korea. Most [...]
JEJU, Korea, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Amid the discovery of Avian Influenza in Jeju for the first time in Korea this year, the virus was found to be highly pathogenic. On January 20, the provincial government retrieved two dead spotbill ducks at a habitat for migratory birds in Gujwa, Jeju, and found that they were infected [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — A man in his eighties killed his ex-wife by stabbing her and poisoned himself to death on December 28. He also wounded a man in his seventies who was with the victim at the scene. The man’s condition is reported to be critical. According to Jeju Dongbu Police Station, [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – The government will revise the rules on the immigration law related to real estate investment, as the law to allow foreign investors to get permanent residence permits has caused real estate speculation in Jeju Island. According to the 2010 law, any foreign investor spending more than 500 million won (US$493,000) in [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – A light-weight electric pick-up truck will be provided to Jeju residents as the first-ever electric truck model for the commercial use in the volcanic island in Korea’s south. Power Plaza, the provider of the electric truck called Peace, announced on August 6 that the provincial government included the electric truck [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — A low-cost airliner offers more discounts to passengers purchasing their tickets through its mobile application. Eastar Jet, a budget carrier, announced that it will hold a promotional event giving up to a 77-percent special discount depending on the date and the time to the passengers booking their seats through [...]
SEOUL, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Jeju Special Self-governing Province was ranked No. 1 in terms of 2012 growth rate among 16 provinces and metropolitan cities. According to data on gross regional domestic products by the National Statistical Office on July 24, the GDP of Jeju Province was 12,706.8 billion won(US$12.4 billion), up 6.1 percent from [...]
SEOUL, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) – “We don’t even light up our signboard in the evening anymore; we are practically closed,” said a youth hostel owner whose business located in Sokcho in the mountainous Gangwon Province, a popular school trip destination. Every single reservation from April to May at this youth hostel has been cancelled [...]