SouthKorea
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Busan port operator to build S. Korea's first swing bridge by 2026
SEOUL -- South Korea's main maritime gateway in the southern port city of Busan will create the country's first swing bridge in its northern port area by 2026. A part of the 171-meter-(561-foot)-long bridge would swing to open a bridge span between support columns when yachts and ships approach and one side of the bridge will move in the horizontal direction. The Busan Port Authority (BPA) said the swing bridge that connects a park with a maritime recreation center will be buil
17 August 2023
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President Yoon to visit Maryland for summit meeting with US and Japan
SEOUL -- South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol will depart Seoul on August 17 to attend the South Korea-U.S.-Japan summit meeting scheduled to be held at Camp David, the official United States presidential retreat near Washington, D.C., on August 18. Yoon will depart in the afternoon from Seoul Airport on a presidential jet for his trip to the U.S. and First Lady Kim Geon-hee will not accompany the president. Yoon's father passed away on August 15 and the president will complete his
17 August 2023
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S. Korea's third tallest skyscraper 'Busan Lotte Tower' to be built in southern port city
SEOUL -- Lotte Shopping, a retail company affiliated with Lotte Group, will build a 342.5 meter-(1123.6 foot)-tall tower in South Korea's southern port city of Busan. The new skyscraper called the "Busan Lotte Tower" would become the country's third tallest building after Seoul's Lotte World Tower and Haeundae LCT The Sharp, a residential and commercial complex in Busan. Through the new tower, the retail company aims to attract more than one million tourists annually.
16 August 2023
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S. Korea records highest level of tourism deficit in 1H 2023
SEOUL -- South Korea's tourism deficit for the first half of 2023 has reached the highest level in five years, data released by the main state tourism promotion body showed. The domestic tourism industry now focuses on whether the tourism balance will improve when Chinese group tourists return to South Korea. China imposed a ban on travelers to South Korea as part of retaliatory steps over the installment of an Advanced American missile shield system in 2017. About eight million
14 August 2023
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Lioness escaped from private farm in southeastern county killed by hunters
SEOUL -- The great escape by a 20-year-old lioness that escaped from a private farm to a nearby mountain in Goryeong County some 230 kilometers (142 miles) southeast of Seoul came to a climax after a team of hunters tracked down the large feline and killed it. Predatory animals escaping from a private meat farm or zoo is not very rare in South Korea where anyone with the right documents could set up a small-sized zoo or a facility that displays live predatory animals. It is because p
14 August 2023
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Voices rise over swift disciplining of family minister Kim Hyun-sook for Jamboree fiasco
SEOUL -- With only a day left of the official schedule of the 25th World Scout Jamboree, voices are rising in the political sector over the swift action that must be taken to hold people accountable for the fiasco that took place at the international Scouting event. Kim Hyun-sook, the family minister, is likely to be the first person who would have her head put on the political guillotine. The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family was appointed as South Korea's main governing body
11 August 2023
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World Scout Jamboree to close with K-pop concert at Seoul's iconic football stadium
SEOUL -- A total of 16 K-pop bands including girl groups NewJeans and IVE, and three solo artists will wrap up the 25th World Scout Jamboree at Seoul's iconic football stadium with a total capacity of 66,704. About 1,100 buses will carry some 40,000 Jamboree participants to the stadium built for the 2002 FIFA World Cup. The global Scouting event started in Saemangeum, a reclaimed land area some 200 kilometers (124 miles) south of the capital city, on August 1. The event was origina
11 August 2023
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S. Korean administrative sectors work with embassies to support Jamboree participants
SEOUL -- Provincial governments are closely working with foreign embassies to provide the best K-experience for Scouts and Girl Guides who had to evacuate from the 25th World Scout Jamboree campsite earlier than their schedules because of Typhoon Khanun. On August 7, the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM), the main international Scouting organization, decided to pull participants out from the Saemangeum area six days after the World Scouting event was kicked off due to T
10 August 2023
