SEOUL, May 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The Navy held a ceremony Friday to formally place into service a new frigate named after a warship torpedoed by North Korea in 2010, officials said. The commissioning ceremony for the 2,800-ton Cheonan, took place at a key naval base in Changwon, about 300 kilometers southeast of Seoul, according [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Tuesday held a ceremony launching a new frigate named after a warship torpedoed by North Korea in 2010, the Navy and state arms procurement agency said. The ceremony for the 2,800-ton frigate, Cheonan, took place at the shipyard of Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. in Ulsan, some [...]
SEOUL, April 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The local government is stepping up to recycle plastic bottles into clothes and bags. The Cheonan city office in South Chungcheong Province announced Tuesday that it has signed a contract with the Ministry of Environment, the Korea Packaging Recycling Cooperative (KPRC), and a number of private companies to set [...]
CHEONAN, Jan. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – A dog found alive in a garbage bag in Cheonan, South Chungcheong Province, died less than a day after being saved by a local animal rescue team. The female Cocker Spaniel was first discovered by a passerby near a trash can on Sunday and was sent to local authorities [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Tuesday selected the venues that will host matches for the top Asian football tournament in the event that the country wins its bid to stage the event in 2023. The Korea Football Association (KFA) said eight cities — Suwon, Goyang, Hwaseong, Cheonan, Jeonju, Gwangju, Busan and [...]
CHEONAN, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – This year, farmers in Cheonan have succeeded in cultivating passion fruit, a subtropical fruit, and have started harvesting their produce. According to the Cheonan Agricultural Technology Center, and the farms that are cultivating the fruit, an average of 100 to 150 fruits are grown a week, and all of [...]