Category: Busan News

This year, the Seollal holiday falls on January 21^st, 22^nd, 23^rd and the 24^th. Since the 24^th is a 대체휴일 (substitute holiday), many of you might not have the day off. 

If any of you have not experienced the Seollal holiday, keep in mind that a lot of business will be closed during it. It is similar to Christmas Day in North America and Europe.

However, if you are feeling sick and need medicine or a doctor, treatment will be made available for you.

For more information, please visit the official website of Busan City, www.busan.go.kr. Next, open the “New Year’s Holiday Life Information Guide” and there will be a list of open clinics written there.

In addition to medical information, transportation, tourism, safety, and environmental information can be found on that website as well. Question about traffic, what to do with your recycling during Seolla, or when different museums will be open? Just visit busan.go.kr! To find exclusive holiday updates, click www.busan.go.kr/holiday/.

Busan’s new slogan, “Busan is Good” has replaced the old slogan, “Dynamic Busan.”

The Busan Metropolitan Government said it held a city brand committee meeting and selected “Busan is Good” as the final city slogan from the three final options.

While “Busan is Good” received 11,373 total votes from the online and in-person citizen’s survey, “Bridge for All, Busan” received 10,981 votes and “True Place, Busan” received only 2,866 votes.

Busan’s Mayor, Park Hyungjoon said, “Nearly 40,000 citizens and experts participated in the selection of Busan’s brand new slogan. We will introduce a world-class urban brand that surpasses New York (I♥NY).”

Contrary to the city’s expectations, the response from the public is starkly divided. Despite the positive opinion that “it suits Busan well,” negative comments such as “it doesn’t fit” and “does the city slogan have to be English?” have arisen. Some say that “Dynamic Busan,” which has represented Busan for 20 years, is a much better slogan.

New Boogi emoticons such as the mascot of the 2030 World Expo, have been produced to help support the event. 

The city of Busan announced on January 11^th that it will release 16 exclusive emoticons to 50,000 people on a first-come first-serve basis, starting at 2:00 p.m. on January 16^th.

“Kpop Boogi,” “Just Jerk Boogi,” and “Souless Boogi,” themes emojis will be available. If you are a Kakao Talk user, you will be able to download and use the new emojis for up to 30 days free of charge. 

Three new slogans are currently in the running to replace Busan’s old slogan, “Dynamic Busan”.

Busan city announced that it has narrowed down the competition to three remaining slogans, which were submitted by 13,000 citizens and experts.

A survey will be conducted on the three finalists from January 4^th to the 10^th through the website: www.busanbrand.co.kr.

The final candidates for the city slogan competition are as follows: 1) Busan is Good. 2) Bridge for All, Busan 3) True Place, Busan.

The results will be announced on January 13^th.

The city of Busan has recently released the Busan citizens’ satisfaction rate report after surveying over 30,000 citizens above the age of 15 from September to October of last year.

On average, Busan citizens said that they would give living here a six out of ten. In 2020, Busan citizens gave living here a 5.8 out of 10, and a 5.9 out of 10 in 2021.

When those between 15 and 39 years old were asked if they had plans to move to another city, surprisingly, 82% said that they did not. Only 18% of them said that they would move to a different city. When asked why they would move, over 60% said that they would leave to find more job opportunities. 

When the participants were asked, “what is the most satisfying thing about Busan?” they responded with the beautiful green environment. On the other hand, they said that the noise in the city was the least satisfying part of Busan.