Jeju Island has been recognized as a clean environmental island after it was designated as a world natural heritage site by UNESCO in 2007. In commemoration of the fourth anniversary of Jeju being added to UNESCO’s World Natural Heritage list, the local government announced that the province g..

A system to permit docking of tour ships will be introduced in order to boost the tourism rate for Jeju Island. .Additionally, legal ground will be established to help foreigners settle down in the country if they wish to reside in Korea for a long term. The Ministry of Justice gave an advance ..

The 11th Taekwondo Festival will take place beginning on July 8th. This annual event is hosted by Jeju’s regional government and will last for five days until the twelfth. Taking place at the Halla Gymnasium, 2500 people are in line to attend the festival. Approximately 1200 competitive Taekw..

The Jeju’s special self-governing province will set up environmentally friendly strategies with the official Green Growth Committee. Jeju is urged to set up strategies to maximize the competitiveness of its natural resources. The competition among the individual cities and provinces in the na..

The Oriental Dragon Cruise Ship will sail aboard for the first time on June 1st. This cruise ship will travel between Jeju Island and Shanghai 24 times until the end of this calendar year. It hopes to carry approximately 12,000 foreign passengers before the year comes to an end. The cruise ship..

The preservation and globalization of female skin divers, or better known as Hae-nyuh, has been brought to the lime light. The Jeju’s special self-governing province is taking charge of a five-year-project to preserve and globalize the Hae-nyuh heritage. This plan will focus on the rich cultu..

Various technological upgrades have been made in response to the growing international interest on Jeju Island. Ranging from a voice interpreting service to a multilingual website, the upgrades hope to encourage even more international attention. A smartphone application providing a voice inter..

It has been reported that more visitors are coming to Jeju Island via sea routes. The Jeju provincial government revealed Wednesday that around 642,700 arrivals on 7 routes were recorded in the first 4 months of this year. This is a 25.7 percent increase over the corresponding figure of 511,334..

Jeju Dongbaekdongsan located in Jocheon-eup, Jeju City has been added on to a protection list under the international treaty of the Ramsar Convention, due to its ecological and environmental value on 26th April. The Ministry of Environment said it registered the Dongbaekdongsan area on Jeju isl..

A preparation meeting for "the 6th Jeju Forum for Peace and Prosperity" was held at the Jeju Provincial office April 25th under the chairmanship of Jeju Governor, Woo Keun Min, with the purpose of bringing together interested parties to discuss logistics, potential outcomes, and themes for the up..