DAEGU, April 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The Daegu Metropolitan Government said Tuesday it will designate 20 florist shops in the city as medical clinics for pet plants, offering assistance to those struggling with growing their plants. Anyone will be able to bring their plant to the nearest plant clinic to receive various medical services like [...]
CHANGWON, April 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Changwon in South Gyeongsang Province said Tuesday it will be adding 40 more hydrogen-powered inter-city and commuting buses to its fleet after being selected for the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy’s pilot project to subsidize the replacement cost of fuel cell systems. The government plans [...]
SEOUL, April 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean music industry is paying tribute to prominent Japanese musician Ryuichi Sakamoto, who recently passed away. Rock musician and radio show host Bae Chul-soo posted a photo of himself together with the late composer on social media. Taeyong from K-pop boy group NCT posted a picture of [...]
POCHEON, April 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea National Arboretum in the city of Pocheon, northeast of Seoul, said Monday it had opened a new Lichen Garden in the arboretum’s temperate house. Lichen is a composite organism that arises from algae and fungi maintaining a mutualistic relationship. The garden introduces lichens that live in the [...]
JINJU, April 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The municipal government of Jinju in South Gyeongsang Province said Monday that its Pavilion of Floating Lights won the “Honor” Award at the Canadian Wood Council’s Wood Design & Building Awards. The Pavilion of Floating Lights, completed in March last year, is a wooden building that was created by [...]
SEOUL, April 3 (Korea Bizwire) — A zebra that escaped from Seoul Children’s Grand Park’s zoo in eastern Seoul last month has become a star at the zoo. Last week, the zoo was filled with visitors trying to find Sero, a three-year-old zebra who made international headlines following a recent zoo escape. Sero didn’t seem [...]
SEOUL, April 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul Forest, Dosan Park and Ttukseom Han River Park were selected by South Koreans in their 20s and 30s as the most popular locations for enjoying cherry blossoms, the wireless carrier said. SK Telecom Co. analyzed the mobile data of people visiting tourist hotspots in Seoul during last year’s [...]
SEOUL, April 3 (Korea Bizwire) — New guidelines have been set to prevent city workers from pruning street trees down to their trunks. The Ministry of Environment and the National Institute of Biological Resources proposed that more than 75 percent of the tree branches should be kept intact when pruning street trees. Excessive pruning has [...]
SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Institute of Ecology on Friday held a ceremony for the third anniversary of Endangered Species Day at Seoul Zoo in Gwacheon, south of Seoul. Endangered Species Day was first proclaimed in 2021 in remembrance of April 1, 1987, when South Korea designated its first endangered species. In [...]
SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — A large-scale artwork with an inscribed depiction of the Bible has been built in a cemetery in Yangpyeong County, Gyeonggi Province. The artwork, made with stainless steel, is 83 meters wide and 7.7 meters high, with an inscription of 1,753 pages or 1.5 million letters of the Bible. The [...]