YONGIN, July 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Everland’s official YouTube channel has achieved a remarkable milestone by surpassing one million subscribers, setting a significant record in the travel and leisure industry. The captivating news about the giant panda family, which includes Fu Bao’s upcoming return to China next year and the recent birth of twin pandas, [...]
GANGNEUNG, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) — A family of swallows has gained attention for building a nest in a location where a CCTV camera monitors them 24 hours a day. This year, swallows constructed nests on top of two CCTV cameras installed on each side of the entrance to Seongsan-myeon Community Service Center in Gangneung, [...]
YONGIN, July 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Fu Bao, the first giant panda ever born through natural pregnancy in South Korea, joyously celebrated her third birthday. On Thursday, Panda World hosted a delightful birthday party in honor of Fu Bao, who was born on July 20, 2020, weighing a mere 197 grams. Now, at three years [...]
YEONGYANG, July 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is embarking on a project to recover dung beetles, which have not been officially discovered in the wild since August 1969. The National Institute of Ecology said Monday it plans to release 200 dung beetles captured in Mongolia into a designated habitat this September. Dung beetles were [...]
SEOUL, July 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s Yangcheon District announced on Monday that rest areas for pets have been installed at 40 public restrooms in the district’s parks. Previously, pet owners struggled to find a place to keep their pets while using public restrooms. They had to either carry their pets inside the restroom or [...]
SEOUL, July 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Drug detection dogs deployed at South Korea’s major airports and seaports will join efforts to crack down on drug use within the military. The Army Military Police on Thursday conducted a random drug inspection by deploying the Korea Customs Service’s drug detection dogs to two barracks in the greater [...]
SEOUL & YONGIN, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The birth of the first twin pandas in South Korea at the Everland theme park on July 7 has captured the public’s attention, particularly the inspiring story of their mother, Ai Bao. While the arrival of the twin pandas has generated unprecedented interest in these adorable creatures, [...]
YONGIN, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Le Bao, aged 10, and Ai Bao, aged 9, residing in Everland’s Panda World, have recently welcomed twin baby girls. This achievement makes Everland the first zoo in Korea to successfully breed twin pandas naturally. The twin pandas were born on July 7, with Ai Bao going into labor. [...]
GANGNEUNG, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Anmok Beach, located off the city of Gangneung in Gangwon Province, is now ready to welcome visitors and their pets as preparations for the grand opening have concluded. The municipality has designated a 100-meter coastal strip on the northern side of the beach, where Gangneung Port and Coffee Street [...]
SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A new species of spider, which is believed to have lost its eyes over time as a result of adapting to life in a dark cave, has been discovered in South Korea. The National Institute of Biological Resources said Thursday it had found this eyeless spider, known as a [...]