SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korea has sold fishing rights in the East Sea to China, in addition to the ones it sold in the Yellow Sea, a government source said Thursday. The source from the intelligence agency said US$75 million coming from these fishing license sales annually goes to North Korean leader [...]
JEJU, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of indo-pacific bottlenose dolphins in the seas off Jeju Island is slowly recovering after years of steady decline, thanks to cooperation from the local fishing industry and a drop in poaching. The National Fisheries Research & Development Institute (NFRDI) first started monitoring these mammals by distinguishing their physical [...]
SEJONG, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea will hold a food fair in the Chinese city of Chengdu later this week to promote the country’s agricultural products and foodstuffs in the neighboring country, the ministry here said Wednesday. The 2016 Chengdu K-Food Fair will kick off on Thursday and run through Wednesday, with 28 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA) revealed Monday that Korea Western Power Co. (KWP), one of the six major power producers in Korea, will collaborate with a tomato farm in Hongseong County (Octo & Jain) and a Nonsan strawberry farm (Nakwon Farm) to reduce greenhouse emissions. [...]
HAMAN, South Korea, July 29 (Korea Bizwire) – The Nakdong River is the longest river (510km) in South Korea, and passes through the two biggest southeastern cities, Daegu and Busan, functioning as an important water source on the peninsula. But a recent study revealed that some parts of the river have become deeper in recent [...]
GOESAN, South Korea, July 27 (Korea Bizwire) – These are not crop circles. They are rice paddy artworks created by planting various colors of rice plants. The project first took off in 2008, and was spearheaded by local governments in North Chungcheong Province to promote the region and its produce. The Chungju Agriculture Technology Center [...]
JEONJU, July 26 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Group’s latest foray in the agricultural sector isn’t likely to go unopposed. LG CNS, an IT affiliate of LG Group, revealed earlier this month it would invest 380 billion won to build a farming complex called Smart Biopark, which will cover approximately 76 hectares of land, in the [...]
SEOUL, July 25 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea and Iran are set to begin discussions on boosting their bilateral cooperation in the fisheries sector that will include a joint fish farming venture, the Seoul government said Monday. The talks will be held in Iran from Thursday involving officials from South Korea’s Ministry of Oceans and [...]
INCHEON, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) – The Incheon Agricultural Technology Center (IATC) hosted a demonstrative event Thursday, at which a drone dispersed agricultural pesticides to prevent blight and other crop-harming insects. The so-called ‘drone pest control’, according to officials, is one of the solutions to Korea’s aging farming population, and a shrinking workforce in the [...]
SEOUL, July 11 (Korea Bizwire) – People living in rural parts of the country have a higher stress level than those in cities, and the level rises as the size of the neighborhood becomes smaller, study results indicated Monday. The rate of obesity and illnesses were also higher in rural regions, according to the study [...]