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Travel & Food

IHG to open voco property in heart of Gangnam next year

By Jun Ji-hyeIHG Hotels & Resorts is planning to open voco Gangnam during the second quarter of next year. It is the second voco property that IHG has signed and plans to open in South Korea, following voco Pyeongtaek City in Gyeonggi Province. But the Gangnam property is scheduled to open earlier, becoming the first voco hotel to open its doors here.An image of voco Gangnam, which IHG Hotels & Resorts plans to open within the second quarter of next year / Courtesy of IHG Hotels & ResortsEquipped with 151 rooms, voco Gangnam will be located in the heart of Seoul's Gangnam District, one of the city's main tourist areas and an economic hub, renowned for its trendy restaurants, upscale and designer-brand shops and vibrant nightlife.Facilities at the hotel include an 85-seat cafe and bar, three meeting rooms totaling 600 square meters and a fitness center. “We're delighted to continue our growth in South Korea with the signing of voco Gangnam, which adds to the momentum we are building following our announcement of voco Pyeongtaek City in July,” said Serena Lim, I

Oct 21, 2021By Jun Ji-hye
IHG to open voco property in heart of Gangnam next year
Travel & Food

Luxury hotels transformed into cultural venues

Paradise City presents the audiovisual media art exhibition, "INSCAPE ― Voyage to Hidden Landscape," by Herman Kolgen, until Feb. 6. Courtesy of Paradise City By Jun Ji-hyeLuxury hotels have released a variety of unique programs and packages designed to provide guests with chances to enjoy culture and art. They are offering large-scale media art exhibitions and in-room operas, and even a library filled with a variety of books, in response to growing demand from guests and visitors for richer cultural experiences during their stay. The integrated resort complex Paradise City is showcasing a grand cinematic audiovisual media art exhibition, “INSCAPE ― Voyage to Hidden Landscape” by Herman Kolgen, a Canadian artist renowned for his multifaceted multimedia works.The exhibition is being held until Feb. 6 in five of the resort's major venues, including Paradise Art Space, and shows eight of the artist's works, including a new work that is being exhibited for the first tim

Oct 20, 2021By Jun Ji-hye
Luxury hotels transformed into cultural venues
Travel & Food

Local gov'ts moving to revitalize regional tourism for 'Living with COVID-19'

Hikers walk along Route 20 of Jeju Island's Olle Trail, in this photo taken on Oct. 23 last year when the downsized Jeju Olle Walking Festival kicked off. This year, Jeju Island will hold the event from this Friday to Nov. 16, aiming to revitalize tourism on the island. YonhapSouth Chungcheong Province aims to attract 100,000 Chinese tourists next yearBy Jun Ji-hyeLocal governments are moving fast to revitalize regional tourism and economies that have become stagnant amid the prolonged COVID-19, in line with the government's move to shift to a “Living with COVID-19” phase early next month.Under the policy shift, the government is set to ease social distancing measures, and health authorities plan to focus more on managing critically ill patients rather than all virus cases, as the nation's vaccination program has been gaining speed. This move is in preparation for returning to normal life in phases.The Seoul Metropolitan Government and the Seoul Tourism Organization said Monday that they will distribute 70,000 passes that provide discounts of up to more than 50 percent at

Oct 18, 2021By Jun Ji-hye
Local gov'ts moving to revitalize regional tourism for 'Living with COVID-19'
  • 'Squid Game' draws attention to Jeju Island
Companies

Aviation, tourism industries rushing to prepare for 'living with COVID-19'

Traveler wait to check in at Terminal 2 of Incheon International Airport, Oct. 4. Yonhap By Jun Ji-hyeExpectations toward demand recovery for overseas travel are rising in the aviation and tourism industries, in line with the government's move to shift to a “living with COVID-19” scheme next month.In preparation for growing demand, domestic air carriers are rushing to resume their flights on international routes.According to industry sources, Friday, flag carrier Korean Air is considering operating irregular flights to Hawaii, while the country's second-largest full-service carrier Asiana Airlines is planning to start operating flights to Guam next month. Budget carriers are also joining moves to resume international flights, with Jeju Air, the nation's largest low-cost carrier, having applied for renewal of permission to operate flights on 18 international routes, including flights to Qingdao and Yantai of China and Chiang Mai and Bangkok of Thailand, according to

Oct 16, 2021By Jun Ji-hye
Aviation, tourism industries rushing to prepare for 'living with COVID-19'
Health

Chinese hired by geriatric hospital after hiding virus infection

A medical worker guides people for COVID-19 testing at a public health center in Seoul's Songpa District, Friday. YonhapMan reported to police as his lie causes mass infectionsBy Jun Ji-hyeA new employee at a geriatric hospital in Korea caused an outbreak involving more than 50 patients and employees, after concealing the positive results of a COVID-19 virus test he took as part of the hospital's hiring process, according to health authorities, Friday.After another worker, a nursing assistant, tested positive on Oct. 10, an epidemiological investigation traced the source of the outbreak to the new employee, a Chinese national in his 60s hired recently as a hospital caregiver. Testing of all patients and employees at the hospital, located in Namyangju, Gyeonggi Province, showed that the virus had spread to 39 patients and 15 employees there.Before being hired by the hospital, the Chinese national underwent two virus tests at a public health center in Seoul's Yeongdeungpo District on Oct. 5 and 6. He tested negative in the first test, but positive in the second. The public health cente

Oct 15, 2021By Jun Ji-hye
Chinese hired by geriatric hospital after hiding virus infection
Society

SNU professors list their children as co-authors of research papers

The main entrance of Seoul National University / gettyimagesbankBy Jun Ji-hyeNearly half of all underage co-authors listed in research papers from Seoul National University (SNU) were the children of SNU professors, a ruling party lawmaker said, Thursday, calling for harsher disciplinary action against misconduct involving research by professors abusing their status. According to Rep. Seo Dong-yong of the Democratic Party of Korea, who is on the National Assembly Education Committee, the university's 22 research papers that listed minors as co-authors were concluded as cases of misconduct. Among them, nine involved children of SNU professors.Among the nine cases, four professors listed their own children as co-authors, while five listed children of their colleagues. Other than children of SNU professors, there were more cases involving children of their acquaintances, such as friends and relatives, Rep. Seo said. For example, a professor at SNU's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences was found to have listed his own daughter and a daughter of his friend as co-authors of a research

Oct 14, 2021By Jun Ji-hye
SNU professors list their children as co-authors of research papers
Travel & Food

Steak chef with 20 years of expertise introduces 'Dream Burger'

By Jun Ji-hyeBurton Yi, the head chef at Grand Hyatt Jeju's Steak House located within Jeju Dream Tower, is a world-class chef specializing in steak, as he started his career with Austrian-born celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck who is cited as one of the world's best steak chefs. Chef Burton Yi / Courtesy of Jeju Dream TowerYi worked at various Puck restaurants, from the flagship two-Michelin-star restaurant Spago Beverly Hills, to one-Michelin-star CUT Singapore. After leaving Puck, Yi ventured out to Macao and became the executive chef at Wynn Palace's SW Steakhouse, which has the sole distinction of being the only steakhouse to receive a Forbes five-star rating.After joining Grand Hyatt Jeju in July, he has put his 20-year steak knowhow to use in launching the “Dream Burger,” which contains quality ingredients including U.S. prime beef.“I use a blend of three different cuts of U.S. beef ― chuck roll, brisket and short rib. The chuck and brisket give a great 'beefy' flavor, while the short rib enhances the mixture as the fat in the short rib does not render as fast,&rd

Oct 14, 2021By Jun Ji-hye
Steak chef with 20 years of expertise introduces 'Dream Burger'
Society

Gov't to shorten reentry limitation for foreign workers to 1 month

gettyimagesbank By Jun Ji-hyeA reentry limitation applied to foreign workers under the Employment Permit System (EPS) will be shortened to one month from the current three months, beginning from Thursday, to better guarantee work continuity especially for small manufacturing businesses as well as agricultural, fishing and dairy industries, the Ministry of Employment and Labor said, Wednesday. The measure is part of new enforcement ordinances and regulations for the revised Act on the Employment of Foreign Workers that was passed at the National Assembly in March. Currently, foreign workers can work in Korea under the EPS for up to four years and 10 months. If the workers have worked for only one employer during that period, they are given reentry benefits and can work for an additional four years and 10 months. But they had been required to depart the country and must not return for three months. This rule had been raising complaints for causing a manpower shortage.

Oct 13, 2021By Jun Ji-hye
Gov't to shorten reentry limitation for foreign workers to 1 month
Law & Crime

2 men hit with international travel bans for not paying child support

gettyimagesbankBy Jun Ji-hyeThe government has imposed an overseas travel ban on two men who refused to pay child support expenses to the respective custodial parents after their divorces, the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family said Tuesday. It marked the first-ever imposition of an exit ban for delinquency of child support obligations, after a relevant law was revised in July to strengthen measures in such cases.Under the revised law, the travel ban is applied to those who owe more than 50 million won ($41,700) in child support, and those who owe more than 30 million won and have also traveled abroad more than three times in the preceding year.The ministry said the two men, identified only by their surnames Kim and Hong, failed to pay 117.2 million won and 125.6 million won, respectively, in child support. On Sept. 9, their respective ex-spouses demanded the imposition of the overseas travel bans. The ministry gave both 10 days to provide an explanation, which they failed to do.“We requested the Ministry of Justice to impose the ban for the two men on Oct. 6,” a gend

Oct 12, 2021By Jun Ji-hye
2 men hit with international travel bans for not paying child support
Politics

Lee Jae-myung faces bumpy road ahead

Gyeonggi Province Governor Lee Jae-myung, left, the ruling Democratic Party of Korea's (DPK) presidential candidate, speaks to DPK Chairman Rep. Song Young-gil during their visit to the National Cemetery in Daejeon, Monday. YonhapOpposition party accuses Lee of masterminding suspicious land development projectBy Jun Ji-hyeGyeonggi Province Governor Lee Jae-myung, who was selected as the presidential candidate of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) Sunday, faces an uphill battle ahead of the presidential race, as he barely managed to avoid a runoff election eking out a majority of 50.29 percent of the votes cast in the party's primaries, contrary to expectations that he would have an easy win over his rivals.Lee's 50.29 percent, garnered through the party's 11 primaries held over the last month, was followed by support of 39.14 percent for former Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon. As the governor won over 50 percent of the votes, he escaped a runoff and directly became the party's presidential candidate. His failure to get an overwhelming majority came amid a snowballing land developm

Oct 11, 2021By Jun Ji-hye
Lee Jae-myung faces bumpy road ahead
  • Prosecutors question asset firm owner at center of Seongnam development scandal
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