 Haeundae to Use Citizen's to Tackle Illegal Parking 20 hours 57 min ago
BUSAN, South Korea -- Haeundae-gu said that it will roll out the 'citizen crackdown system on illegal parking' from July this year.
If a citizen files a report by taking a photo of the illegally parked vehicles, the city will impose the fines to the driver. This system is the first of its kind in the city.
Haeundae-gu will decide whether to impose the fine by the photos on its website or the application of the Ministry Public Administration and Security. ... |
 Gwangan Beach Road to be Car-Free Weekend Nights this Summer 1 day 8 hours ago
BUSAN, South Korea -- An official of Busan Suyeong-gu said it is planning to make the road around Gwangalli Beach a car-free cultural street every weekend at night in July and August.
Once it is implemented, vehicle traffic will be entirely cut off on the Gwangan seaside road from 9 pm to 1 pm of the next day on Saturday and Sunday.
In this new road, a variety of performances for summer vacationers including folk games and traditional Korean outdoor... |
 Busan City, BFIA to Sponsor International Internship in Fukuoka 3 days 20 hours ago
BUSAN, South Korea -- The city of Busan will work together with the Busan Foundation for International Activities finding university students to participate in the "2013 Fukuoka Global Internship".
The internship provides opportunities to work for businesses and government agencies in Fukuoka from the seventeenth to the thirty-first of July.
The project is part of the Korean young global leaders training... |
 Early Closure of Family Theme Park at Hwamyeong Outdoor Swimming Pool 4 days 9 hours ago
BUSAN, South Korea -- Due to the low number of park visitors and the early opening of swimming pool, the family theme park at the Hwamyeong Outdoor Swimming Pool will close early on May 15. It was scheduled to close on June 6, 2013.
Hwamyeong Outdoor Swimming Pool will open for the summer season in early July.
For more information, please contact the Busan Nakdong River Management Executive Office at (051)333-3238.
Source: Busan City News
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 Busan Lights Up For Buddha's Birthday 5 days 19 hours ago
BUSAN, South Korea -- To celebrate Buddha’s birthday on May 17, splendid lotus lanterns will float all across Busan. Lanterns symbolize the celebration of Buddha’s birth, and those for the event will be created in the shape of lotus flowers. This is a chance to get a glimpse of Korea’s deep-rooted Buddhist culture.
In CNN’s 2012 list of the “50 Most Beautiful Places to Visit in Korea,” Samgwangsa Temple Lantern Festival was among the selections. The Samgwangsa Temple Lantern... |
 Busan Contents Market Gets Underway 1 week 1 day ago
BUSAN, South Korea -- The world broadcast product business festival Busan Contents Market started its three day run yesterday.
Six-hundred companies from fifty-four countries took part including the terrestrial broadcasting stations such as SBS and KNN. Disney also made its debut at the festival.
Last year's festival made sixty billion won. This year, there are high expectations for contents trading including consultancy between investors and production companies... |
 Child Care Centers Under Probe 1 week 2 days ago
BUSAN, South Korea -- Busan will carry out a special crackdown on one-hundred-seventy-four child care centers with sixteen local governments until the fifteenth of June.
This crackdown is in response to the child abuse case that occurred in the public child care center in Suyeong-gu.
With this, Busan is planning to advise the installation of CCTV on the inside and outside of the child care centers after getting the agreement from parents and to conduct child... |
 Busan Port Cargo Handling Hits Monthly High in March 1 week 3 days ago
BUSAN, South Korea -- Despite continuing economic recession at home and abroad, the monthly cargo volume hit the highest record ever.
Busan Port Authority (BPA, President Ki-tack Lim) stated that the monthly container cargo volume recorded the highest performance in March.
Cargo volume at Busan Port surged 4.2 percent year on year to 1,556,000 TEU in March, and its monthly record is much higher than 1,415,000 TEU in May 2012 which was the previous highest monthly... |
 Geoje Police Agency to Add More Officers 1 week 4 days ago
BUSAN, South Korea -- The Geoje Police Agency has been upgraded to a 'first-degree area' force, announcing that they will hire more officers.
The Ministry of Public Administration and Security decided to upgrade the agency. The change takes place from tomorrow.
This comes a year after Kim Han-pyo, the Saenuri-party national assembly member called on the National Police Agency to promote the Geoje Police Agency.
Demands on the... |
 Motorcycle Rider's Test for Expats to be Held 1 week 5 days ago
BUSAN, South Korea -- Busan Nambu Police Station will hold a motorcycle driver’s test for expats in Busan, including for multicultural families, international students, and foreign workers. A lecture to help them to prepare for the test, as well as a knowledge test and riding test, will all be held on the same day.
Test Outline
○ Date & Time: 9am, Tuesday, May 21, 2013
○ Venue: Busan Nambu Driver's License Test Center (Yongho-dong,... |
