Typhoon Bavi hits S. Korea The roots of a roadside tree are pulled out by strong winds as the powerful Typhoon Bavi landed on South Korea’s southern Jeju Island on Aug. 26, 2020. (Yonhap)
Jeju used to be the go-to spot for Korean honeymooners before the rise of the ROK economy allowed couples to more easily travel abroad. However, COVID restrictions is once again bringing honeymooners back to Jeju:
A “dolharbang” (stone grandfather) wears sunglasses at Hamdeok Beach in the city of Jeju on South Korea’s southern resort island of Jeju on June 21, 2020. (Yonhap)
“Jeju was my last option for our honeymoon because I thought I could go there whenever I wanted,” he said. “But as a plan B, Jeju looked better than other places for good restaurants and attractions.”
The Gohs are not the only newlyweds to celebrate their marriage on the subtropical island amid the coronavirus pandemic.
To meet rising demand from such honeymooners, who replace their overseas trips with domestic ones, hotel operators in Jeju have come up with honeymoon packages in the spring-summer season.
Jeju airport crowded with departing touristsPassengers check in for a flight departing from the southern resort island of Jeju at Jeju International Airport on May 5, 2020, the last day of a long holiday that began April 30. (Yonhap)
Site of new Jeju AirportAn activist carries out research on migratory birds living near the site of a new international airport on the southern resort island of Jeju on Jan. 19, 2020, to assess the project’s potential impact on their natural habitat. (Yonhap)
Eve of beach openingTourists enjoy their holiday on a beach on Jeju on June 21, 2019, one day before the opening of beaches on the southern resort island. (Yonhap)
Tulips in full bloom on Jeju IslandVisitors walk through a field of tulips at a park in the city of Seogwipo on South Korea’s largest island of Jeju on March 8, 2019, with the 1,950-meter Mount Halla seen at the top. (Yonhap)
President Moon Jae-in said Sunday that he could give North Korea’s Kim Jong-un a tour of Mount Halla, South Korea’s tallest mountain, on the southern island of Jeju, if the leader comes for a visit.
Moon made the remarks in response to a reporter’s question about what he would show Kim should the communist leader reciprocate his own visit to Pyongyang last month for the third inter-Korean summit aimed at fostering inter-Korean rapprochement and cooperation.
“As we have an expression like ‘from Mount Paekdu to Mount Halla,’ I could give him a tour of Mount Halla if (he) wants,” Moon said during talks with reporters after climbing up to a peak of Mount Bukak just behind the presidential office of Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul. [Yonhap]
A valley on Mount Halla on the southernmost resort island of Jeju is lined with trees turning autumn colors of red and yellow on Oct. 19, 2018. (Yonhap)
Adm. John Aquilino, the commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, holds an interview with Yonhap News Agency on the USS Ronald Reagan after the nuclear-powered supercarrier entered a naval base on Jeju, South Korea’s southernmost island, on Oct. 122, 2018. The ship joined the International Fleet Review off Jeju the previous day. (Yonhap)
The USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier was blocked entry to the Jeju Navy base by a group of kayak protesters on Thursday.
Some 200 civic activists in kayaks paddled out to the sea off the base to protest the 2018 International Fleet Review, interrupting the entry of the U.S. aircraft carrier.
The USS Ronald Reagan, one of the Navy’s largest warships participating in the naval event, has been rescheduled to enter Friday, according to a South Korean Navy official, Munhwa Ilbo reported.
The U.S. warship attended a nautical parade, as scheduled, which is a highlight of the fleet review that featured 40 ships and 24 aircraft demonstrating their naval prowess. The fleet review runs until Sunday. [UPI]
You can read more at the link, but the Korean left has long been unhappy about the Jeju naval base largely because it was pushed through by a prior conservative administration. One of the main reasons for the base was because of the territorial claims that China was making towards Ieodo a submerged rock that is home to a Korean research station off the coast of Jeju.
If the US signs a peace treaty to end the Korean War these leftist protesters will be emboldened to do things like claiming that the US military presence is no longer needed because there is “peace”. The Moon administration will do little to nothing to stop the protesters from disrupting US military operations much like what we are currently seeing with the THAAD site in Korea that is still blockaded by protesters.
