SEOUL, Oct. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – The Asiatic black bear, a symbol of South Korea’s efforts to protect endangered species, has been named October’s Endangered Wildlife of the Month by the Ministry of Environment, highlighting a noteworthy conservation success story. Just over two decades ago, these bears, known for the distinctive white crescent on their chests, [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – Two decades after its inception, South Korea’s ambitious project to restore the Asiatic black bear population has exceeded expectations, transforming from a conservation effort into a lesson in coexistence between humans and wildlife. The Ministry of Environment and the Korea National Park Service announced they will host a policy forum [...]
HWACHEON, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – An Asiatic black bear, raised for gallbladder extraction, was rescued just before facing slaughter, thanks to the sponsorship of a compassionate citizen, providing the bear with a chance for a new life. Animal protection organizations Project Moon Bear and Korea Animal Rights Advocates (KARA) jointly announced that they successfully rescued [...]
YEONGDONG, June 25 (Korea Bizwire) – The male Asiatic black bear, tagged KM-53 which was born in Jan. 2015 and released on Mt. Jiri in October of the same year, acts in a very unique way. Its behaviors are against the common sense, in a nutshell. In the early morning of Monday, KM-53 showed up at Youngdong [...]
SEOUL, May 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Three Asiatic black bears, an endangered species, were born via artificial insemination. The Korea National Park Service (KNPS), which operates under the auspices of the Ministry of Environment, announced on Sunday that out of five female bears, two had given birth to a total of three cubs. These bears [...]
SEOUL, May 8 (Korea Bizwire) — An Asiatic black bear, classified worldwide as a first-grade endangered animal, has been spotted inside the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) that separates the two Koreas, government agencies said Wednesday. The Ministry of Environment and the National Institute of Ecology (NIE) said one Asiatic black bear was photographed last October by [...]
JEJU, Jan. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Five Asiatic black bears, previously bred for commercial purposes, will be transferred to a park on Jeju Island. The Jeju Provincial Government said on Wednesday that it will soon begin taking care of five Asiatic black bears at the Jeju Nature Park in the city of Seogwipo. The bears [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Last May, a male Asiatic black bear was discovered deep in the forest of Russia’s eastern region of Khabarovsk. The bear’s parents were nowhere to be found. Dubbed the “orphan bear,” the animal was sent to an animal shelter to prevent poachers from getting to the bear first. Known [...]
SEOUL, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The director general of the Korea Bear Breeding Cooperative Association was fined for extracting bile from Asiatic black bears without having the authority to do, selling the substance to producers of cosmetics products. The Supreme Court revealed Sunday that it confirmed the original verdict of 1 million one in [...]
SEJONG, May 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The paradigm to restore the population of the endangered Asiatic black bear (also known as the Asian black bear) is to shift from merely being population-centric to a system that focuses on expanding the habitat of the rare species. The revised model will enable bears to better coexist with [...]