SEOUL, Jan. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — More than two-thirds of all blackout accidents caused by birds in the last three years were the work of magpies, South Korea’s state-run utility firm said Sunday. The Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) reported that out of all 133 bird-led blackouts that happened between 2018 and 2020, 93 cases [...]
SEOUL, Jan.15 (Korea Bizwire) – As stray cats are an urban problem causing many issues, there have been an increasing number of cases in which stray cats crawl into electricity distribution equipment, get shocked, and cause a blackout in the neighborhood. A blackout that happened at an apartment complex in Sindang-dong turned out to have [...]
Seoul, Korea, August 14 (Korea Bizwire) – The nationwide heat wave is causing the economy and industry to fear a massive power shortage and possible blackout. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy has issued emergency countermeasures to prepare for an incident in which the electric power reserve ratio drops to a certain critical level. Computer and network [...]