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Cheongsong Geopark Highly Likely to Be Added to UNESCO List

CHEONGSONG, South Korea, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – The UNESCO Global Geoparks Network has recommended that Cheongsong National Geopark in South Korea’s southeastern region be registered on its geoparks list, the Cheongsong municipality said Friday. The recommendation to the municipal government in the country’s southeast province of North Gyeongsang raises the prospects that the mountainous [...]

Dry-Tooling Competition at Korea’s Famous Winter-Cold Waterfall Opens on July 12

CHEONGSONG, Jul. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Korea’s 2015 National Dry-Tooling Competition will be held at Eoreumgol Valley in Cheongsong County in Gyeongsangbuk-do on July 12. Dry-tooling experts will make a refreshing scene by climbing ice-cold waterfall rocks using only ice axes, crampons and safety ropes. The competition will also hold challenges on artificial rock formations. [...]