BUSAN, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The Busan Agricultural Technology Center has developed a way to harvest fig fruits after only 10 months of cultivation. Under normal circumstances, it takes about 20 months for new fig trees to bear fruit. In Korea, fig farmers usually take cuttings of thin, young branches, whose diameter is smaller [...]
JEONJU, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Jeonju and Goheung County have signed a MoU to efficiently recycle large waste items such as disposed furniture. Goheung County will be purchasing waste from Jeonju and providing it to Yeosu’s Thermal Power Plant. The county will dispatch two workers with three waste decomposing machines to [...]
JEJU, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) — A Fairy pitta bird that crashed into a building’s window in Jeju on May 15 has been released back into the wild. A wildlife rescue team at Jeju University had been treating injuries to its head and legs, and released the healed bird into a forest in Jeju on [...]
DAEJEON, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) — A colony of 100-year old black locust trees has been found at Gwangreung Forest in Seoul. The 133 giant trees are the legacy of an afforestation project that took place during the Japanese occupation era, which until recently was only known in record books. The Korea Forest Service (KFRI) [...]
ULSAN, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) — A suicide monitoring system consisting of 80 loudspeakers and 4 CCTV cameras has been installed at a new 8.38㎞ long bridge in Ulsan. The newly constructed Ulsan Bridge is scheduled to open on June 1, while the developer Ulsan Harbor Bridge started to operate its bridge control center concerning [...]
SEOUL, May 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Two Indo-pacific bottlenose dolphins, Taesan and Boksoon, who returned to their hometown sea in front of Jeju Island from Seoul Grand Park, are smoothly adopting themselves to the new environment, according to the National Fisheries Research & Development Institute. They are now in an enclosing net for their initial captivity-to-wild [...]
GUNSAN, May 21 (Korea Bizwire) — A unique in-line skating marathon unfolding on an embankment in Saemangeum is to be held on June 7, according to the Jeonbuk In-Line Skating Association. The marathon will cover roads between Bieung Port and Sinsido & Garyeokdo. In-line skaters will be able to enjoy riding right next to the [...]
SEOUL, May 20 (Korea Bizwire) — In Noeul Park near Seoul World Cup Stadium, a special forest established and managed by senior citizens in their 50s and 60s will be established. Seoul Metropolitan City will create the eco forest on June 5, one day after Environment Day. Around 500 Seoul citizens aged over 50 will [...]
SEOUL, May 20 (Korea Bizwire) — As part of an ambitious plan for an “Eco-DMZ Initiative,” Gyeonggi Province will introduce an “ecosystem payment scheme” at the DMZ and civilian access control lines (CACL) which offer the natural benefits of clean water, air, land, tourism and leisure. People are urged to donate a certain amount of money [...]
SEOUL, May 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Sake importer Nihonshu Korea has lowered prices by up to 30 percent for 30 kinds of imported Sake as the Japanese Yen weakens. Special Sakes from various Japanese regions will be more affordable in Korea. Yang Byeong-il, director of Nihonshu Korea, said that the company has lowered prices to [...]