SEOUL, April 28 (Korea Bizwire) — A new monorail offering stunning views of the Baekdudaegan mountain range, a trail of mountains that starts in North Korea and continues to Mount Jiri in South Korea’s southwest, opened Monday. The municipality of Mungyeong in North Gyeongsang Province spent 10 billion won (US$8.2 million) to build a tourist [...]
BONGHWA, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Visitors to the Baekdudaegan National Arboretum will soon be able to come face to face with Siberian tigers roaming wild in the 4.8-hectare forest, equivalent in size to seven football fields. The arboretum celebrated its opening yesterday with a ceremony attended by over 1,000 people including arboretum officials and [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Discontent among residents living near Baekdudaegan – the mountain range that snakes through the heart of the Korean peninsula – is on the rise concerning the growing presence of wind turbines in the area. Approximately 40 percent of the nation’s wind energy production is generated from the east and [...]