CHANGWON, May 1 (Korea Bizwire) — A long-standing dispute over plans to install a cable car in Jirisan National Park has resurfaced as South Korea prepares for an early presidential election, with local governments pushing forward while environmental groups intensify opposition. South Gyeongsang Province recently reaffirmed its support for the controversial project, naming it one [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The environment ministry on Monday gave a conditional nod to a controversial project to build and operate a cable car system over a natural reserve area on Mount Seorak near South Korea’s east coast. The project, pursued since the 1980s, seeks to build a 3.3-kilometer-long cable car system between [...]
CHUNCHEON, Oct. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Travelers are flocking to Mount Samak’s ‘Lake Cable Car’ in Chuncheon City, 85 kilometers east of Seoul. The cable cars travel a distance of 3.6 kilometers over Euiam Lake and the mountain’s summit via a cableway set upon seven towers. There are a total of 66 cabins in operation, [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Environment said Monday it has decided not to permit a new cable car project on Mount Seorak, one of the nation’s most scenic mountains, ending a years-long debate on the project’s possible damage to the environment. The Wonju Regional Environmental Office, under the ministry, announced a [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Environmental activist Park Grimm was a senior in high school when he first wandered beneath the towering granite peaks of Mount Seorak in northeast South Korea. The dramatic landscape of vast forests and narrow gorges, so different from his hometown Seoul, consoled him during a difficult time in his [...]
SACHEON, Jul. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The first batch of “Slow Postal Service” postcards sent from the site of the Sacheon Ocean Cable Car, a popular tourist destination in Sacheon, South Gyeongsang Province, are on their way to their recipients. The Sacheon City Facility Management Corporation reported Tuesday that it has sent 400 postcards to [...]
SAMCHEOK, Jun. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — A trick art zone that uses augmented reality (AR) has been installed in a cable car that travels over Janghohang Port located in Samcheok, Gangwon Province. Visitors can use a smartphone application to take 3D photos of Janghohang Port, also known as Korea’s Naples. The app also allows users [...]
GEOJE, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A new cable car stretching over 1.5 kilometers and overlooking Hanryeosudo off the southern coast of Korea and Tsushima Island in Japanese waters will be built on Geoje Island by 2020. Work on the new cable car project began yesterday with the groundbreaking ceremony in the afternoon. The project, funded [...]
TONGYEONG, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwie) — The picturesque port city of Tongyeong is considering the construction of another cableway, which could end up being the longest cable car line in South Korea. The new cable car project connecting Mireukdo Island and Hansando Island, and spanning a distance of 23.4 kilometers comes after the success of local [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – An advisory panel to the cultural heritage authorities on Wednesday rejected a plan to build a cable car on a mountain range on the country’s east coast, citing possible damage to the environment, wildlife and cultural assets. The Cultural Properties Committee voted down the controversial scheme to construct a 3.5-kilometer-long cablecar system in the southern region of Mount Seorak in Yangyang County, some 215 kilometers [...]