GEOJE, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) – The city of Geoje is elevating its signature Okpo Naval Battle Festival, commemorating Admiral Yi Sun-sin’s inaugural triumph against Japanese invaders in 1592, with an expanded scale and diverse array of programs, officials announced on May 30. The 62nd edition of the festival will take place from June 14 to [...]
GEOJU, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The 14th Geojedo International Penguin Swimming Festival took place on Saturday. Some 500 participants were seen at Deokpo Beach in Geoje, South Gyeongsang Province wearing only their swimming suits and jumping into the frigid seas. Under clear skies, the temperature on the day of the festival hovered around 5 [...]
GEOJE, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Officials from the Geoje Jungle Dome, South Korea’s largest dome-type greenhouse, said Wednesday that the attraction had welcomed more than 80,000 visitors just a month after its opening. The Geoje Jungle Dome officially opened in Geoje, South Gyeongsang Province, on Jan. 17. A total 82,052 people had visited the [...]
GEOJE, Oct. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Geoje, located in South Gyeongsang Province, will open up the Jungle Dome to the public between October 26 and November 3 as a preview prior to the grand opening scheduled for early next year. The Jungle Dome is an egg-shaped structure built with 7,500 pieces of [...]
GEOJE, Jul. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The Geoje Arts Center, a landmark location near Jangseungpo Port in the city of Geoje, South Gyeongsang Province, will turn into a roofless gallery after sunset. The city has been using beaming technology to display a 100-meter wide, 15-meter tall screen on the center’s side wall since Monday, showing [...]
GEOJE, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Geoje in South Gyeongsang Province held a meeting with residents on Tuesday to discuss issues surrounding the takeover of Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. Currently, more than 9,700 people work at Daewoo Shipbuilding’s Geoje Okpo Shipyard. Including employees of partner firms, more than 17,000 workers [...]
SEJONG, Feb. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The jobless rate in the southeastern city of Geoje hit a new record of 7.1 percent in the second half of 2018, the highest level in South Korea, government data showed Tuesday. The figure marks the highest jobless rate for Geoje since the country started compiling jobs data for [...]
SEOUL, May 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will promote its southeastern region as a cluster for wellness travel as it moves to attract more tourists amid the popularity of the country’s medical services, the government said Tuesday. South Gyeongsang Province, which encompasses the port cities of Tongyeong and Geoje, has been tapped as the [...]
GEOJE, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A new cable car stretching over 1.5 kilometers and overlooking Hanryeosudo off the southern coast of Korea and Tsushima Island in Japanese waters will be built on Geoje Island by 2020. Work on the new cable car project began yesterday with the groundbreaking ceremony in the afternoon. The project, funded [...]
SEJONG, Feb. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – The jobless rate in Geoje, located in the southern part of the country, reached the highest level among South Korean cities, as local shipyards implemented massive job cuts amid an industry-wide slump, data showed Wednesday. According to the data compiled by Statistics Korea, the unemployment rate in the city, home to the country’s major shipyards, including Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. (DSME) [...]