Korea Heads to Kuwait for World Cup Qualifier

U.S. Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump took aim at American ally South Korea for enjoying a “free ride” calling Seoul’s contribution to the presence of American troops “peanuts.”

The patient once thought to be the last South Korean with Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) has been rediagnosed with the viral disease, officials said on Monday. The 35-year-old patient, who had tested negative for the MERS virus in two tests on September 30th and October 1st, has been infected again, the Health Ministry said. …

Busan has been selected as the venue for the ‘International Astronomical Union General Assembly (IAUGA) 2021′, the biggest international astronomy symposium in the world, to take place six years from now. IAUFA attracts some 3,000 scholars from 90 different nations for 12 days, and has held a Symposium every 3 years since 1922. Busan City …

Some 227,000 people visited the 20th Busan International Film Festival during its 10-day run, the highest total in the festival’s history. The organizing committee of the BIFF held a press conference at Dongseo University’s Centum Campus on October 10, the last day of the film festival, announcing that 227,377 visitors had attended this year’s event. …

French director Leos Carax of “Boy Meets Girl” on Wednesday denounced the blurring of genitalia in Korean and Japanese cinema as “childish,” illustrating the wide gap that persists among censorship practices around the world. Carax made the comment yesterday at a press conference at the Centum Campus of Dongseo University, referencing the decision of Korea …

Welcomed onto the Busan festival stage with major applause, a group of European film artists introduced themselves to the enthusiastic South Korean audiences. The public stage presentation is part of European Film Promotion’s (EFP) event calendar, created for a group of European film artists at the Busan International Film Festival, which is running October 1 …

The 2015 Busan International Footwear, Textile and Fashion Fair will be held from November 5-7 at BEXCO, with “Wave of Fashion, Move of Technology” being the theme for this year’s event. The fair is hosted by the city of Busan and run by the Busan Economic Promotion Agency. The event will consist of three fairs …

Local retailers in Busan have started offering large discounts as the Korea Black Friday event began today. Four Lotte Department stores in Busan are offering discounts for 580 brands in their stores. Centum City’s Shinsegae Department Store will mark down items in its outdoor, golf, imported children’s clothes, and imported kitchen wares sections. Large supermarkets …

While the iPhone 6S has made a hugely successful debut with over 13 million units sold during its opening week, those in Korea looking to purchase Apple’s newest offering are going to have to wait. Apple announced that 40 countries will be able to purchase the newest iPhone on October 9 and 10, however Korea is …

The 12th Busan International Food Expo will be held at BEXCO until October 11 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the normalization of the diplomatic relations between Korea and Japan. The theme for this year’s expo is “Good Taste, Good Food” and will allow visitors to sample various Korean foods, especially Busan’s local dishes. Also …

Subway continues its quick expansion into the Busan market with its fourth new store in as many months.

Eva’s Ticket in the Kyungsung University district is celebrating their second anniversary this weekend with a “Red Carpet Party” that aims to make you look like a star. The party gets underway at 9 p.m. and offers a best movie star look-a-like prize which will win a 150,000 won bar tab. In addition to other …

AirBusan will launch a new international route between Busan and Sapporo, Japan on December 3rd. The new destination is the fifth to be offered this year after the airline began offering service to Danang, Vietnam; Yanji and Zhangjiajie, China; and Guam. AirBusan plans to operate the route between Busan and Sapporo once per day Tuesday, …

A new report showed that nearly 250,000 people visited this year’s Jinju Namgang Lantern Festival. This was the first year a fee was charged to attendees. An official from Jinju city said a total of 400,000 people, including 250,000 paying visitors and 140,000 having complimentary tickets, visited the festival. Thanks to the introduction of the …

According to recent reports, 30 percent of cruise ships visiting Busan are unable to use the Busan International Passenger Terminal due to the height of Busan Harbor Bridge. Park Jae-bon, a Busan city councilor, recently stated that although the Busan International Passenger Terminal has high quality facilities, it has not been able to fulfill its …

The Lotte Giants dismissed the current manager of the team Le Chong-woon and named the former head coach of SK Wyverns Cho Won-woo as the new manager. A staff of Lotte Giants said they had made a contract with Cho yesterday for 2 years with a total of 700 million won including a signing bonus …

South Korea’s national football team, led by Coach Uli Stielike, has left for Kuwait to compete in the second round of the Asian qualifiers for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. A Group G match between South Korea and Kuwait will be held at 11:55 p.m. on Thursday, Korea time, in Kuwait City. Stielike stressed the …

Due to the increased interest in Korean baseball from foreigners, Busan English Broadcasting will broadcast a game in English later today, a first time event among Korean broadcasting companies. Busan eFM will offer a realtime English broadcast of the 2015 Tire Bank KBO league game between the Lotte Giants and Kia Tigers at 6:30 today …