SUNCHEON, South Korea, January 26 (Korea Bizwire) — On January 26, leading experts from the International Crane Foundation (ICF) visited Suncheon Bay, a celebrated wetland in South Jeolla Province, to experience firsthand the harmonious interplay of nature and human efforts. The group observed flocks of hooded cranes in flight and listened to their calls, lauding [...]
CHEORWON, Jan. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Barbed wire fences that witnessed the brutality of the Korean War have been remade into statues of red-crowned cranes, a symbol of peace and longevity. The border county of Cheorwon in Gangwon Province said Tuesday that crane statues made with fences collected from Arrowhead Hill during an excavation project [...]
GEOJE, SOUTH KOREA, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Many of the victims who were injured or killed during the crane accident which occurred at the Geoje Shipyard last Monday were subcontractors, according to Samsung Heavy Industries. Speaking to Yonhap News Agency earlier this week, the company revealed that most of the casualties were subcontractors, including [...]
GEOJE, South Korea, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Police on Thursday raided several offices of Samsung Heavy Industries over a deadly crane accident that occurred at one of its shipyards this week. On Monday, two cranes collided at the shipyard in the southeastern port city of Geoje, causing a structure to fall from one of [...]
CHANGWON, South Korea, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – The iconic 105-meter gantry crane from Sungdong Industrial Co.’s Masan shipyard is being dismantled, set to bid its home farewell after less than a decade of service, with the locals and the media are calling the event the “Tears of Masan” – taken from “Tears of Malmö.” Tears [...]