2023.06.05(mon)  |  고주연
Island Investigations on Club Drugs Last month, a drug trafficking and distribution network involved in selling drugs such as Ecstasy and Ketamine in karaoke bars and foreigner-exclusive clubs in South (경상) Gyeongsang Province was apprehended by the Coast Guard. Amidst a series of drug crimes occurring in clubs and bars nationwide, a similar drug offender has been arrested in Jeju as well. A man in his 30s, identified as Mr. A, who was formerly affiliated with a club, has been arrested last month on suspicion of possessing dozens of Ecstasy pills and consuming them. Jeju District Prosecutor's Office has indicted Mr. A on charges of drug possession and consumption, and they have also announced that they are conducting supplementary investigations into individuals who were involved in drug consumption with him. Ecstasy, a new type of drug, is known as a "club drug" as it is primarily consumed by young people. It has a hallucinogenic effect that is three times stronger than that of methamphetamine. INTERVIEW Jo Gwang-won / Jeju Office, Korean Society of Drug Abuse Ecstasy is known to produce hallucinogenic effects that can induce a significant elevation in mood. It is indeed a drug that is commonly used by young people. The Jeju Provincial Police Agency has stated that this case is unrelated to clubs, and it is difficult to disclose specific details regarding the case, including the specific charges, as the investigation is still ongoing. According to the Korea Customs Service, the amount of newly identified drugs seized last year was 260 kg, which is more than a tenfold increase compared to two years ago. Among them, the quantity of Ecstasy seizures increased by seven times during the same period. With the recent arrest of an Ecstasy drug offender in Jeju, there is growing interest in whether the crimes are linked to related industries, as seen in nationwide cases, rather than being isolated incidents of individual crimes. The investigation results regarding any potential spread of crime to associated sectors have garnered significant attention. 제주에도 클럽 마약?…경찰 수사 확대 지난 달 경남에 있는 노래주점과 외국인 전용 클럽 등에서 엑스터시와 케타민 등 마약류를 판매한 판매책과 유통 조직이 해경에 검거됐습니다. 전국적으로 클럽이나 술집에서 마약 범죄가 잇따르는 가운데 제주에서도 유사 마약 사범이 검거됐습니다. 모 클럽 관계자였던 30대 A 씨가 지난 달 엑스터시 수십 정을 소지하고 투약한 혐의로 구속됐습니다. 제주지검은 A 씨를 마약류 소지와 투약 혐의로 구속 기소했고 함께 투약한 이들에 대해서도 보완 수사를 진행하고 있다고 밝혔습니다. 엑스터시는 필로폰보다 환각 작용이 3배나 큰 신종 마약류로 젊은 층이 주로 투약하면서 일명 클럽용 마약으로도 알려졌습니다. <인터뷰 : 고광언/ 한국마약범죄학회 제주지회장> 엑스터시를 투약하면 환각작용을 일으켜서 기분이 아주 상승되는 효과를 누리는 마약으로 알려지고 있습니다. 젊은 사람들이 많이 이용하는 마약으로 보면 되겠습니다. 제주경찰청은 이번 사건은 클럽과는 무관하다면서도 구체적인 혐의점 등은 수사가 진행 중이여서 밝히기 어렵다고 전했습니다. 지난해 관세청이 적발한 신종 마약류는 260kg으로 2년 전보다 10배 이상 급증했습니다. 이 가운데 엑스터시 적발 물량은 같은 기간 7배나 늘었습니다. 제주에서도 엑스터시 마약 사범이 검거된 가운데 개인의 단순 범죄가 아닌 전국 사례처럼 연관 업종으로 범죄가 퍼졌을지 수사 결과에 관심이 모아지고 있습니다.
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  • Province announces tourism fund beneficiaries
  • Province announces tourism fund beneficiaries \30.7b in loans to firms hit by China’s ban on group tours to Korea The provincial government has released the list of beneficiaries of its Tourism Promotion Fund. The firms are being helped as they struggle in the wake of China’s ban on group tours to Korea, which was initiated in response to Seoul’s decision to deploy the THAAD anti-missile system. The province will lend 30.7 billion won to 230 local businesses, including 6.3 billion won to chartered bus companies, 6.2 billion to tourism hotels, 5.2 billion won to duty-free shops, and 2.9 billion won to general accommodations. All of the loans must be repaid over a three-year term, but repayment is deferred for one year. The interest rate is 0.75 percent lower than the official rate in the Public Capital Management Funding Act. Analysts say the support doesn’t go far enough, though, because only 64 percent of applicants were selected for the loans. 사드 피해 관광기금 특별융자 대상 확정(일) 제주특별자치도가 사드 피해 지원을 위한 관광진흥기금 경영안정자금 대상을 확정해 공고했습니다. 이번에 확정된 특별융자금은 230개 업체에 307억원으로 전세버스업이 63억원, 관광숙박업 62억원, 사후면세점 52억원, 일반숙박업 29억원 등입니다. 특별융자 지원조건은 1년 거치 3년 상환이며, 금리는 기재부의 공공자금관리기금 대출금리에서 0.75%를 우대받게 됩니다. 하지만 이번 경영안정자금은 당초 업체에서 신청한 액수에 비하면 64%에 불과한 것으로 자금압박을 해소하기에는 한계가 있다는 지적입니다.
  • 2017.05.02(tue)  |  김민회
  • Hundreds of homeowners want house appraisals lowered
  • Hundreds of homeowners want house appraisals lowered Official home values used to calculate taxes, pension contributions, etc. Hundreds of local homeowners want the assessed values of their houses lowered for tax reasons. According to Jeju City, more than 370 people lodged official comments about the city’s assessments in March and April. Ninety-eight percent of them were requests to lower the official values. Specialists say that it is because property and acquisition taxes, as well as pension contributions and insurance premiums, are calculated based on those values. Jeju City and Seogwipo will continue accepting comments on the appraised values through May 29th. 개별주택 가격 하향 요구 잇따라…'세부담' 원인 각종 세금 부담 등을 이유로 개별주택 가격을 내려 달라는 민원이 많은 것으로 나타났습니다. 제주시에 따르면 지난 3월과 4월 개별주택 가격 열람 기간 접수된 민원 370여 건 가운데 98%인 368건이 가격을 내려달라는 요구인 것으로 나타났습니다. 이는 주택가격 상승으로 인한 재산세와 취득세 등 세부담과 각종 연금과 보험료 산정에도 불리한 기준이 적용될 수 있기 때문인 것으로 풀이됩니다. 양 행정시는 이달 29일까지 개별주택가격에 대한 이의신청을 받을 계획입니다.
  • 2017.05.02(tue)  |  김민회
  • Info&Event
  • 1. The Jeju Tourism Organization is holding night concerts in Samda Park every Friday from May 12th through June 30th. Title: ‘Healing Night Concerts’ Date: Fridays May 12-June 30 Venue: Samda Park Info: 740-6000 Details: Jazz, rock, hip-hop, folk music 2. The Seogwipo Arts Center selected Jeju artist (김미령) Kim Mi-ryeong for its special exhibition. Her paintings are on display through May 8th. Title: Kim Mi-ryeong Exhibition Date: Through May 8 Venue: Seogwipo Arts Center Info: 760-3351 Details: Paintings of daily life in Jeju 3. Korean classical singer (조통달) Jo Tong-dal and his son, (조관우) Jo Gwan-u, will perform May 11th at the Jeju Arts Center. Title: ‘Then, and Now’ Date: May 11 Venue: Jeju Arts Center Info: 728-1509 Details: Korean classical music 4. Jeju Folklore & Natural History Museum is displaying material from the year 1714, when 이형상) Yi Hyeong-sang was governor of the island. Title: ‘Special Exhibition: Governor Yi Hyeong-sang’ Date: Through May 23 Venue: Jeju Folklore & Natural History Museum Info: 710-7708 Details: Material about Jeju’s nature, history, culture 5. The Kim Tschang Yeul Museum is displaying the creations of its namesake through August 27th. Title: ‘Like Water’ Date: Through August 27 Venue: Kim Tschang Yeul Museum Info: 710-4150 Details: Kim Tschang Yeul’s paintings, prints 6. (중선농원)Joonsun Nongwon Gallery 2 is displaying art about abandoned dogs by (윤석남) Yun Seok-nam through May 5th. Title: ‘1,025: With People, Without People’ Date: Through May 5 Venue: Joongsun Nongwon Gallery 2 Info: 755-2112 Details: Art by Yun Seok-nam
  • 2017.05.02(tue)  |  김민회
  • National Plan for Korean Fir Released
  • As KCTV Jeju has previously reported, the Korean Firs on Hallasan Mountain are withering and dying. The national government has now come up with both mid- and long-term plans to preserve the species. Mike Balfour fills us in. Report It has spiraling, flat, needle-like, glossy dark green leaves. [slug] Korean fir The bark is smooth with resin blisters and grey-brown in color. This thick trunked evergreen coniferous tree is the Korean Fir, which is popular as a Christmas tree. This fir species is native to the higher mountains of Korea. It grows at altitudes of 1,000-1,900 meters in temperate rain forests with high rainfall, cool, humid summers, and heavy snowfall in winter. Hallasan Mountain has the largest Korean Fir forest in the world. [slug] 112 ha of Korean fir forests have vanished over last decade Alarmingly, over the last decade, 112 hectares, or approximately 15 percent of the Korean Fir forest on Halla Mountain have disappeared. [slug] Korean fir included among IUCN Red List The tree is included among the Red List of Threatened Species put out by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature or IUCN. INTERVIEW Kim Chan-su / Director, Warm & Subtropical Forest Institute Abrupt climate changes are occurring more often compared with the past. We presume that such rapid change causes Korean firs to wither. <인터뷰 : 김찬수 / 난대아열대산림연구소장> "과거보다 지금 기후변화에 의해 기상이벤트들의 진폭이 아주 커졌습니다. 이러한 요인들 때문에 우리가 기후변화에 의해서 구상나무가 많이 쇠퇴하는 것으로 판단되고 있습니다." For the first time, the national government has announced mid and long-term plans to preserve the species. Up to the year 2026, the Ministry of Environment will pour over 4.5 billion won into the effort. [slug] Authorities to monitor Korean firs via air from 2017 This year the ministry will survey the distribution of living and dead trees in an effort to figure out why the trees are withering. [slug] Environment ministry to make yearly restoration plans Along with the survey, the ministry will draw up yearly plans to restore the Korean fir forests on Halla, taking climate changes into consideration. INTERVIEW Kim Gwon-su / Researcher, Jeju World Natural Heritage Center We’re experimenting with a variety of techniques and methods including transplanting seedlings to Hallasan Mountain to restore and expand the Korean firs. <인터뷰 : 김권수 / 세계유산본부 한라산연구부 연구사> "현지 내 종자 파종시험, 특수 제작된 용기를 이용한 육묘이식 시험 등 다양한 복원 방법을 연구해서 향후 구상나무 사업을 할 때 가장 적합한 모델을 선정해 나갈 계획입니다." Jeju is UNESCO’s only triple-crown winner: World Natural Heritage, Global Geopark and Biosphere Reserve. [Reporter] Mike Balfour [Camera] Kim Yong-min The fate of a unique species is dependent on Seoul’s efforts to restore the world’s largest Korean Fir forest. Mike Balfour, KCTV
  • 2017.05.02(tue)  |  김민회
  • More islanders marrying when older
  • More islanders marrying when older Crude marriage rate higher than national average More and more islanders are getting married at older ages. A representative from the Honam branch of Statistics Korea reported that, on average, women in Jeju tend to marry for the first time at the age of 30.4, while men are a little older, at 33.2. The results mean that Jeju residents are getting married 0.4 years later than in 2016. Compared to 10 years ago, men are marrying two years and three months later, and women, two years and one month later. The crude marriage rate, which is an indicator of the number of marriages per 1,000 people in a given area, is 5.9, slightly above the national average of 5.5.
  • 2017.05.02(tue)  |  김민회
  • 4 out of 10 Jeju residents doesn’t own their house
  • 4 out of 10 Jeju residents do not own their house Only 58 percent in Jeju have ownership Four out of every ten households in Jeju doesn’t actually own the residence in which they live. According to data released by Statistics Korea, about 58 percent of households own their residence, meaning Jeju has the second lowest rate of ownership following Gyeonggi-do. The remaining 40 percent do not own their house. Among them, 18 percent are on monthly contracts and 11 percent are on yearly contracts. Another 9 percent reside in company housing. Meanwhile, ‘jeonse’ contracts, which require putting down a huge deposit that is then returned in full when the contract is terminated, fell 32 percent compared to 2010.
  • 2017.05.02(tue)  |  김민회
  • More Vietnamese tourists on the horizon
  • More Vietnamese tourists on the horizon Tourism efforts for Singapore, Malaysia in the works There are more Vietnamese tourists expected to visit Jeju this year. The provincial government made an announcement at a tourism presentation in Hochimin City, Vietnam, that they signed a business deal with five Vietnamese travel agencies. The deal includes them sending about 5,000 Vietnamese corporate incentive tourists to Jeju over roughly 100 visits. Local officials also plan to begin expanding similar marketing efforts in Singapore and Malaysia.
  • 2017.05.02(tue)  |  김민회
  • Preparations for presidential election underway
  • Preparations for presidential election underway Information on polls through application, NEC website Preparations for the upcoming 19th presidential election are underway in Jeju. The Jeju Election Commission has finished printing its run of ballots - 507,000 in total. They will be kept under strict watch in both Jeju and Seogwipo until they are ready for use. The commission has finalised its designation of 230 polling places and are providing the locations to voters via both a mobile app and the National Election Commission website.
  • 2017.05.02(tue)  |  김민회
  • Info&Event
  • 1. The Seogwipo Arts Center selected Jeju artist (김미령) Kim Mi-ryeong for its special exhibition. Her paintings are on display through May 8th. Title: Kim Mi-ryeong Exhibition Date: Through May 8 Venue: Seogwipo Arts Center Info: 760-3351 Details: Paintings of daily life in Jeju 2. The Jeju Tourism Organization is holding night concerts in Samda Park every Friday from May 12th through June 30th. Title: ‘Healing Night Concerts’ Date: Fridays May 12-June 30 Venue: Samda Park Info: 740-6000 Details: Jazz, rock, hip-hop, folk music 3. Korean classical singer (조통달) Jo Tong-dal and his son, (조관우) Jo Gwan-u, will perform May 11th at the Jeju Arts Center. Title: ‘Then, and Now’ Date: May 11 Venue: Jeju Arts Center Info: 728-1509 Details: Korean classical music 4. The city of Seogwipo has organized concerts on the last Wednesday of every month through September in the Seogwipo Healing Forest. Title: Forest Concert Date: Last Wednesday of the month Venue: Seogwipo Healing Forest Info: 760-3067 Details: Lunch can be reserved 5. The 9th Gapado Green Barley Festival is underway on the small islet through May 7th. Title: Gapado Green Barley Festival Date: Through May 7 Venue: Gapado Islet Info: 794-7130 Details: Nature walks, fishing, etc. 6. Jeju Folklore & Natural History Museum is displaying material from the year 1714, when 이형상) Yi Hyeong-sang was governor of the island. Title: ‘Special Exhibition: Governor Yi Hyeong-sang’ Date: Through May 23 Venue: Jeju Folklore & Natural History Museum Info: 710-7708 Details: Material about Jeju’s nature, history, culture
  • 2017.05.01(mon)  |  김민회
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