SEOUL, June 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and the United States staged a combined exercise in international waters off Okinawa this week, the military said Saturday, in yet another move highlighting the allies’ joint defense posture. The three-day exercise, which ended Saturday, was aimed at bolstering the allies’ mission capabilities against North Korea’s provocations, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Asiana Airlines Inc. said Wednesday it will suspend flights on the Busan-Okinawa route later this month due to falling demand stemming from a trade row between South Korea and Japan. A series of Tokyo’s export curbs on Seoul has sparked a “Boycott Japan” campaign here against travel to the [...]
ULSAN, Jan. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The carcass of a humpback whale discovered by a fishing boat is likely to end up on the trash heap, as the individual who found the dead animal tied up in fishing nets has adamantly turned down entreaties from whale researchers for the “catch” to be donated to science. [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Thanks to the weak yen, the number of Korean tourists to Japan exploded in October, more than doubled, even almost tripled for certain travel agencies. According to Hana Tour, Korea’s largest travel agency, the number of Korean nationals traveling to Japan increased 121.5 percent during last October over the [...]
Okinawa, Japan, Jul. 30 (Korea Bizwire) - Hilton Okinawa Chatan Resort today celebrated its grand opening at a Kagami Biraki Sake Barrel ceremony attended by Hirokazu Nakaima, governor of Okinawa Prefecture, Masaharu Noguni, mayor of Chatan Town, Yoshihiko Miyauchi, senior chairman of Orix Corporation, and Makoto Inoue, president and chief executive officer of Orix Corporation, along with [...]