Tag: Busan

Picture of the Day: Yonggung Suspension Bridge Reopens

Yonggung Suspension Bridge reopening
Yonggung Suspension Bridge reopening
People line up to cross the newly reopened Yonggung Suspension Bridge in Amnan Park, in Busan, 453 kilometers southeast of Seoul, on June 4, 2020. Busan’s Seo Ward, which provided the photo, said top municipal officials attended the opening ceremony earlier in the day, some 18 years after the old bridge was dismantled. (Yonhap) 

Picture of the Day: Unnecessary Physical Contact?

Busan mayor resigns
Busan mayor resignsBusan Mayor Oh Keo-don expresses his intention to resign at Busan City Hall on April 23, 2020, saying he recently made “unnecessary physical contact” with a female public servant during a brief interview. (Yonhap)

Containership Crashes into Loading Crane at Busan Harbor

Via a reader tip comes this video of a container ship trying to dock in Busan Harbor that crashed into a loading crane:

You can read more about this incident and see other viewpoints of the the crash at this link.

Picture of the Day: Quiet Busan Beach

Silence amid new coronavirus spread
Silence amid new coronavirus spread
Haeundae Beach, one of the most popular tourist destinations in the southern port city of Busan, is relatively quiet on Feb. 29, 2020, as the new coronavirus spreads in the country. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Empty Chinatown in Busan

Empty street in Chinatown
Empty street in ChinatownA street in Chinatown in the southeastern South Korean port city of Busan remains vacant on Feb. 5, 2020, amid fears of the new coronavirus that originated in China. (Yonhap)

Tweet of the Day: Person Drives Car into Protesters in Busan

Cho Kuk Questioned Over Bribery Allegations Involving Busan Vice Mayor

How many corruption cases is Cho Kuk involved in? I am losing count:

This composite file image shows former Busan Vice Mayor Yoo Jae-soo (R) and former Justice Minister Cho Kuk (C), with the flag of the prosecution on the left.

– Cho Kuk, former justice minister and presidential secretary, on Monday attended a questioning over bribery allegations involving the former vice mayor of Busan.

Cho appeared at the Seoul Eastern District Prosecutors Office on Monday morning to attend the questioning, the first time he was called in regarding the bribery case.

Cho was the head of the presidential office’s civil affairs division that oversaw a special inspection of the vice mayor’s bribery allegations.

Yoo Jae-soo, Busan’s former vice mayor of economic affairs, was recently indicted for allegedly receiving bribes worth 49.5 million won (US$42,224) during his term at the state financial regulator.

While he was under surveillance by Cheong Wa Dae’s special inspection team in 2017, he avoided punishment for an unknown reason and became Busan’s vice mayor in 2018.

The string of developments raised suspicions that some Cheong Wa Dae officials may have engaged in a cover-up of the bribery case.

Yonhap

You can read more at the link.

Picture of the Day: Sultan of Brunei Visits Busan

Brunei's Sultan
Brunei’s SultanBrunei’s Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah (L) reviews an honor guard at Gimhae International Airport in Busan, about 450 kilometers southeast of Seoul, on Nov. 24, 2019. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Dark Clouds Over Busan

Dark clouds cast over Busan
Dark clouds cast over BusanDark clouds are cast over South Korea’s southeastern port city of Busan on Sept. 21, 2019, as Typhoon Tapah moves northward. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Busan Sea Festival

Busan Sea Festival
Busan Sea FestivalPeople celebrate the start of this year’s Busan Sea Festival at Haeundae Beach in South Korea’s largest port city, 450 kilometers southeast of Seoul, on Aug. 2, 2019. (Yonhap)