JEJU, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Jeju Province has initiated plans to introduce a unique “Jeju-style Digital Nomad Visa” that would combine the island’s existing visa-free entry program with workation visa benefits. The province and the Jeju International Convention Center (ICC Jeju) announced on November 14 that they recently hosted a “Jeju Workation with Global Digital [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will begin issuing the K-culture training visa for foreigners on a trial basis this year and consider introducing a new workation visa, with the goal of attracting more tourists from overseas, the finance ministry said Monday. It is part of the comprehensive measures presented by the ministry, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – The government will launch a “workation” visa next year to allow foreigners to travel across the country while working remotely, officials said Friday. The justice ministry said it will start issuing “digital nomad,” or “workation,” visas to foreigners with over a year of work experience in the same industry, [...]
SOKCHO, Nov. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – Embarking on the creation of a resort-style city where individuals can work and enjoy vacations simultaneously, the east coast city of Sokcho has declared itself the ‘Global Workation Capital.’ Workation, a portmanteau of work and vacation, signifies a new trend where work and relaxation coexist in typical vacation destinations like [...]
JEJU, July 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Jeju Island, renowned for its captivating allure as a vacation spot, has embarked on an initiative to promote a novel concept of “Workation” – the perfect fusion of work and vacation. Jeju Island and the Jeju International Convention Center jointly announced on Thursday an exciting policy designed to foster [...]
SEOUL, June 27 (Korea Bizwire) — IT companies that introduced so-called ‘workation’ policies are planning for their expansion due to popular demand. Line Plus Corp., a mobile service subsidiary of South Korea’s leading internet portal Naver Corp., introduced Line Hybrid Work 1.0 which allows staff members to work remotely from any location in the country. [...]
SEOUL, July 23 (Korea Bizwire) — With the onset of the vacation season, the so-called ‘workation,’ referring to working from a vacation destination, is spreading throughout the business world. As a contactless working environment is becoming a new norm in the pandemic era, companies are allowing employees to work not only from home but also [...]