SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The oceans ministry said Monday that it discussed sustainable fishing and marine conservation with global partners during an international meeting on the Antarctic environment. South Korea participated in the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources meeting in Australia last week, where 27 member countries called for [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — A specially protected area for penguins led by South Korea is set to open for the second time in Antarctica. The South Korean government reported that it had officially proposed the designation of a new Antarctic Specially Protected Area along with China and Italy at the 42nd Antarctic Treaty [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The Araon, South Korea’s only icebreaking vessel, has helped evacuate 24 isolated Chinese researchers in the Antarctic region, the country’s ocean ministry said Thursday. The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries said the icebreaker gave assistance to researchers on Inexpressible Island near South Korea’s Jang Bogo Antarctic Research Station in [...]
SEJONG, April 15 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries announced that a group of Korean scientists had observed part of the Nansen ice shelf breaking off. Ice shelves are vast expanses of ice floating in the ocean. They are usually 100 to 900 meters thick. The Nansen ice shelf is located 50 [...]