JEJU, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Agricultural products from Jeju Island are being exported to the United Arab Emirates. The Jeju Business Agency said Thursday that it had recently exported US$15,000 worth of Hallabong citrus, Red Hyang tangerines and other processed foods to the UAE. Made-in-Jeju products that are being exported will be merchandised at [...]
JEJU, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Fewer people are expected to travel to the southern resort island of Jeju over the Lunar New Year holiday compared to years prior, the Jeju Tourism Organization said Monday. The tourism organization expects that some 188,000 people will travel to Jeju between Jan. 20-24 by air or sea, down [...]
JEJU, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – The provincial government of Jeju Island said Thursday it will establish energy storage systems (ESS) at three sites on the island on a gradual basis by 2026 as part of efforts to ensure the stable storage and supply of renewable energy power. The three ESS will have a combined [...]
JEJU, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The provincial government of Jeju Island said Monday it will install a total of 16,431 street lamps and security lights along major roadsides by 2025 at a cost of 66.9 billion won (US$54 million). The province will also earmark 31.1 billion won to upgrade 4,166 street lamps and security [...]
SEOGWIPO, Jan. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The 24th Seogwipo Winter Sea International Swimming Festival was held on Sunday at Jungmun Saekdal Beach in the city of Seogwipo on Jeju Island. The festival returned after three-year hiatus resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Hundreds of residents, tourists and foreigners gathered together on the sandy beach and jumped [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s southern resort island of Jeju has greatly expanded its spending for job creation amid the accelerating exodus of young people. The Jeju provincial government said Wednesday it earmarked 5 billion won (US$3.91 million) for next year’s youth job project and will support jobs for 637 young adults. [...]
JEJU, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Demand for Jeju Island seafood and the region’s tourism market is expected to fall drastically once the Japanese government releases radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean in April next year, a poll showed Tuesday. The Jeju Research Institute conducted a nationwide survey of [...]
JEJU, Nov. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Scores of relics of imperial Japan, which occupied the Korean Peninsula from 1910-1945, still remain scattered here and there on Jeju Island. According to an investigation by the Jeju History and Culture Promotion Agency, a total of 176 stone markers engraved with the Japanese name of the era still [...]
JEJU, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Hikers will be able to enjoy next year’s first sunrise from the top of the 1,950-meter Mount Halla on South Korea’s largest island of Jeju. The Jeju Provincial Government said Monday it will allow mountain climbing during the night on the first day of 2023, which had been aborted for [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The Jeju Special Self-Governing Province Office plans to ensure the unimpeded passage of fire engines at all of its intersections with traffic lights. The autonomous police force on South Korea’s largest island of Jeju announced on Wednesday that it will expand the installation of emergency vehicle-prioritizing traffic signal systems for [...]