JEJU, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Jeju Island’s Seongsan Ilchulbong (Sunrise) Peak, a UNESCO World Heritage site and the southern resort island’s famous geographical features, was the most visited place on Jeju among tourists traveling by car last year. Big data analysis firm TDI studied big data from driving navigation platform T-map and the Jeju [...]
JEJU, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The 27th Seongsan Sunrise Festival will kick off next week on Jeju Island’s Seongsan Ilchulbong (Sunrise) Peak, a UNESCO World Heritage site and one of the southern resort island’s most famous geographical features, organizers said Thursday. The annual Seongsan Sunrise Festival will take place around the Seongsan peak area [...]
JEJU, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Caves and geological features of volcanoes on Jeju Island will be put up as candidates for registration as UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The Jeju World Natural Heritage Center revealed on Tuesday, July 5, that it selected Geomunoreum’s upstream caves Utsanjeon, Bukoreum, Daerim, and Socheon Cave in Hallim-eup as candidates. For [...]
Jeju, April 2 (Korea Bizwire) – A seabed crater has been found in Korean waters for the first time. The crater is located 4 kilometers off the south-east coast of Pyoseon Harbor in Seogwipo city. With a total area surpassing that of 16 football fields, the crater is estimated to be 5000 years old, as [...]