Tag: Jeju

Picture of the Day: Haenyeo Festival

| September 28, 2022
Fete on Korean women divers
Fete on Korean women divers
A group of “haenyeo,” female divers who make their living harvesting seafood by hand from the ocean floor without breathing equipment, marches in a parade as part of an event to mark the 15th Jeju Haenyeo Festival in the city of Jeju on South Korea’s largest island of the same name on Sept. 24, 2022. The two-day event kicked off the same day following a three-year hiatus due to a typhoon and the coronavirus pandemic. (Yonhap)

55 Thai Tourists Disappear on Jeju Island

| August 8, 2022

There must be enough work for illegal immigrants on Jeju Island for 55 people from Thailand to disappear like this:

The whereabouts of 55 out of 280 Thai tourists who entered South Korea earlier this week through the airport on the southern island of Jeju are unknown, immigration officials said Sunday.

Out of 697 Thai nationals who arrived at the Jeju International Airport from Bangkok through a direct Jeju Airlines flight between Tuesday and Friday, 417 were denied entry and were flown home, according to the Jeju Immigration Service.

Of the other 280 people who have entered the country for a three-day tourism program, 55 have broken away from their tour groups and disappeared, officials said. The immigration office said it was trying to figure out where they went.

Officials said that many of the Thai tourists chose to enter South Korea through Jeju as they have a record of being denied entry through other airports, including the country’s main gateway, Incheon International Airport.

Yonhap

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