JEJU, July 19 (Korea Bizwire) — A significant number of patients on the southern island of Jeju travel to other regions, including the Seoul metropolitan area, for medical treatment because the island lacks tertiary hospitals. An average of 14,200 Jeju residents per year underwent medical treatment on the mainland between 2012 and 2021, according to [...]
JEJU, May 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Jeju Island’s government announced on Wednesday its plans to increase the “Haenyeo Retirement Allowance” provided to elderly Jeju haenyeo, female divers who harvest a variety of sea life, upon their retirement. The proposed amendment to the ‘Ordinance on the Preservation and Fostering of Jeju Haenyeo Fishery’ includes lowering the [...]
SEOUL, April 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The provincial government of Jeju Island, South Korea’s most popular vacation destination, is considering implementing an “environmental preservation contribution” for visitors to the island. The objective is to charge tourists a certain amount of money upon entry based on the principle that those who use the natural environment should [...]
JEJU, Feb. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Recent threats to their survival, such as wild dog attacks and habitat invasion, have prompted the need for the protection of Jeju’s roe deer population, once a headache for many on the island. These deer, once known as the “symbols of Mount Halla,” experienced an explosive population increase over [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Higher education in South Korea is experiencing a crisis, with local universities particularly hard hit. On Jeju Island, all universities failed to meet their enrollment quotas in 2023, with just 33 new students enrolling in four-year universities. This is due to a sharp drop in the school-age population, caused [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Black goats are rising as a social issue around Jeju Island. The Ministry of Environment announced that it will begin a project to capture black goats living on Cheongdo Island, an uninhabited island off the coast of Jeju, in April and May. Government officials confirmed that there were some [...]
JEJU, Jan. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — So-called “holdout” tents, referring to the tents remaining unused for long periods that dot the camping sites along the shores of Jeju Island, remain an issue of concern for local authorities. Originally, “holdout” refers to the behavior of purchasing one or more parcels of land on a project site [...]
JEJU, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — An all-time high of 13.59 million South Koreans visited the southern resort island of Jeju this year amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Jeju Tourism Association said Monday. A total of 13.68 million people from home and abroad visited Jeju between Jan. 1 and Dec. 25, up about 16 percent [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study has revealed that widespread adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) on Jeju Island would halve the number of car repair and maintenance workers on the island. According to a report released by the Ministry of Employment and Labor, if EV adoption becomes more widespread in Jeju, the [...]
JEJU, July 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Jeju’s tourism industry is facing a downturn due to concerns about the resurging pandemic, coupled with rising prices, interest rates, and exchange rates. The Jeju Tourism Organization reported that more than 40,000 visitors have been coming to the southern resort island every day since April, after the end of [...]