Foreign nationals who entered Jeju Island through the visa waiver program and attempted to leave for other regions in Korea without authorization have been apprehended by police.
K League 1 club Jeju United will be called Jeju SK FC starting in the 2025 season.
Reservations for the night hike to watch the sunrise on Jan. 1 next year on the Seongpanak Trail and Gwaneumsa Trail, which began at 9 a.m. on Monday, were fully booked in about 40 minutes, according to the Hallasan National Park Office.
A total of 2,702 visitors stopped by to make a wish at a pop-up event in Seongsu-dong, eastern Seoul, on Nov. 30, held by the Jeju government and the Jeju Tourism Organization to promote the island.
Police have closed the case on FT Island member Choi Min-hwan’s alleged sex offenses due to insufficient evidence.
The first snow of the season is expected to blanket Mount Halla in Jeju on Tuesday.
The Korean government held its own ceremony on Monday to honor Korean wartime forced laborers at their former lodgings near Japan’s Sado mines, following Seoul’s decision to boycott a Japan-hosted memorial held on Sunday.
The endangered species Reddish-black myotis, known as the "golden bat" and designated as a natural monument, has been found on Jeju Island.
Another endangered Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin entangled in nets, ropes and other marine debris has been spotted in the waters off Jeju.
Jeju has welcomed over 11.6 million tourists this year as of last Tuesday, marking 2.2 percent in growth on year attributed to an influx of international visitors.
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