 Haeundae to Use Citizen's to Tackle Illegal Parking 2 days 14 hours 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. ... |
 Exhibition: Korea-U.S.-Japan International Photo Exchange 4 days 23 hours ago
 BUSAN, South Korea -- A photo exhibition that captures the beautiful nature, customs and way of life in Korea, the United States and Japan will be held from May 16 to 23 at BS Busan Bank Art Gallery (near Gwangbok Road). The Korea-U.S.-Japan International...
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 Child Care Centers Under Probe 1 week 4 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... |
 Motorcycle Rider's Test for Expats to be Held 2 weeks 5 hours 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,... |
 Foreign Tourists Rate Busan "Interesting, Dynamic and Fun" 2 weeks 2 days ago
BUSAN, South Korea -- Tourists have rated Busan as “interesting,” “dynamic,” “bustling” and a “fun” place to be. Eight out of 10 tourists said they want to return to the city. The percentage of foreign tourists who had a positive image of Busan before they visited the city was 50.8 percent, while the percentage of tourists who liked the city after they visited was 80.3 percent. The survey showed that tourists liked Busan more when they actually visited the city.
The image that... |
 Travel: You`ve got 48-Hours in Seoul. Where do you go? What do you do? 2 weeks 5 days ago
 SEOUL, South Korea -- Spending two days in Seoul is a bit like spending a half-hour inside a three-story museum. You'll enjoy it, but you'll quickly realize how little time that...
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 Foreign Direct Investment Heats Up Across Busan 3 weeks 6 days ago
 BUSAN, South Korea -- The “Buy Busan” wave for foreigners is heating up. Foreign investment in Busan has reached new highs including an increasing number of real estate purchases by foreigners in Marine City,...
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Korean Gaelic Football League, Round One 4 weeks 5 days ago
Laochra Busan Gaelic Football Club are proud to host the first round of the Korean Gaelic League. We will be warmly welcoming teams from Seoul and Busan to our sunny city for a serious days worth of football, followed by an evening of shenanigans.
The tournament will be held in Gudeok Stadium (부산 구덕 운동장) on May fourth. This is a fantastic location, with a great amount of space. It seats 30,000, so feel free to bring friends or family! The nearest subway station is Dongdaeshim, which is four stops from Busan... |
 New Dog Registration System Enacted for 2013 6 weeks 10 hours ago
BUSAN, South Korea -- All dog-owners in Busan are now required to register dogs over three months old with the city, under revisions to the Animal Protection Act. Dog owners must also attach an identification tag to their dogs when in public.
The new registration system is intended to address the rising number of dogs that go missing or are abandoned each year.
Dogs over three months old must be registered at a designated veterinary clinic and bear... |
 Busan to Host All Asia Cruise Convention 2014 7 weeks 10 hours ago
BUSAN, South Korea -- Asia's largest cruise convention will be held in Busan in 2014. On March 13 at Cruise Shipping Miami 2013 in the United States, Busan City, the Busan Port Authority (BPA), the Korea Tourism Organization and the Busan Tourism Organization signed the MOU with Seatrade to host the All Asia Cruise Convention (AACC) 2014 in Busan.
AACC, the largest cruise convention in Asia, is sponsored by British-based Seatrade Global, an organization prominent... |
