Busan, South Korea News

May 2013 visitor arrivals to the Northern Mariana Islands were up 16 percent compared to May 2012.

It will be 14-year-old Barsha's first trip abroad - something she had never dreamt of, not even when she, along with 29 other children, made a short film on child trafficking after a workshop with a Delhi-based NGO.

Chinese celebs visit Seoul for Chinese movie festival . JUNE 17, 2013 02:03. . Countless cameras flashed whenever a celebrity appears on the red carpet.

Two entries in last year's CineKabalen Kapampangan short film competition are nominated in Gawad Urian 2013's short film category, according to a Kapampangan filmmaker.

Malaysian budget carrier AirAsia on Tuesday said it was considering ending its near two-year tie-up with Japan's All Nippon Airways blaming management tensions.

With a focus on the principal cities of Daegu, Busan and Seoul, the report covers the country's rental market performance in terms of rates and yields and examines how best to maximise returns in the commercial real estate market while minimising investment risk with the country's selection as host of the 2018 Winter Olympics.

Criminal and administrative charges will be filed against five airport personnel for aiding the escape last March 19 of a South Korean allegedly involved in a $25-million investment scam in his country.

Malaysian long-haul carrier AirAsia X said it plans to use funds of up to US$418 million from a public listing to more than triple its Airbus fleet and add more routes to meet demand in Asia and the Pacific.

With the Sydney Film Festival kicking off this week Simon Marnie decided to find out about the man behind the event when Nashen Moodley - Director of the Sydney Film Festival - invited him and 702 into his home for Sunday Brunch.

June 07, Colombo: A business delegation comprising leading business persons from several sectors including automobile and shipping from the South Korean city of Busan has expressed interest in investing in Sri Lanka when they called on President Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees on Friday.

An unidentified crewmember of the USS Nimitz thumb-wrestles with a young boy during a recent port call in Thailand.;http://www.flickr.com/photos/cvn68$STOP_URL$ An unidentified crewmember of the USS Nimitz thumb-wrestles with a young boy during a recent port call in Thailand.;http://www.flickr.com/photos/cvn68$STOP_URL$ The commander of the ... (more)

Discount retailer chain Homeplus began sales of Korean souvenir items on Wednesday in agreement with the Korea Tourism Organization.

General Dynamics NASSCO, a union shipyard, recently issued the following news release.

AirAsia Japan Co. , one of the three Japanese low-cost carriers that started last year, is adding more overseas flights to increase foreign-currency revenue to offset a rise in fuel and lease costs caused by a weaker yen.

Mike Langford, parks and recreation director for the city of Sausalito, stands on an old fishing pier on Wednesday, June 5, 2013, in Sausalito, Calif.

A "new framework for negotiation for peace and unification of the Korean peninsula is the need of the houra especially in the context that the armistice agreement declared 60 years ago lost its effect," said Dr Lee Jae-joung, former minister of the Ministry of Unification of the Republic of Korea, at an international consultation on Asian peace and ... (more)

RailLog Korea, one of the leading international trade fairs for railways and logistics industries, is getting ready for its upcoming fair which will take place from 12 to 15 June 2013 at the Busan Exhibition & Convention Center , Busan, South Korea.

Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Nathaniel L. Kersey, a 2006 graduate of Red Bluff High School is assigned to the Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Cheyenne arrived in Busan, Republic of Korea as part of its Western Pacific deployment.

Shin-Kori Nuclear Power Plant #1 , which has been shut down, and #2 are seen in Busan, southeast of Seoul May 29, 2013.

Busan, Ulsan and South Gyeongsang Province in southern Korea have joined hands to attract more foreign visitors.