SEOUL, June 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Recently hatched baby toads began a mass migration from Mongwol Pond, Korea’s largest spawning ground for toads, to their nearby habitat at Uksu Stream, on June 5, in Daegu. According to Suseong District officials, about 1,000 baby toads were seen taking part in the exodus. It was a day [...]
DAEGU, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) — After two foreign nationals reportedly broke into a Daegu subway station at night and spray-painted graffiti on a train car, Korean subways are being criticized for lax security measures. According to the Suseong Police Station in Daegu, Greek and German nationals in their twenties, who arrived in Korea on [...]
DAEGU/GYEONGJU, South Korea, Apr. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The 7th World Water Forum came to an end Friday after a six-day run that sought to boost global efforts to tackle various water issues and to promote technological support for developing countries in overcoming problems related to water. The main objective of the triennial forum was [...]
SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) — A global water forum kicked off for a six-day run in this southeastern city on Sunday to explore ways to cope with water shortages and other related problems, organizers said. The World Water Forum (WWF), the seventh of its kind, brings together about 1,800 political leaders, businesspeople and activists from [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The 7th World Water Forum (WWF), the world’s largest water event, is set to kick off later this week in South Korea, where leaders and civic activists from around the world will discuss water shortage and related environmental concerns, its organizers said Friday. Some 1,800 political, industry leaders and [...]
SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Invasive alien species such as bluegills and bass are set to be hunted down by bounty seekers in Daegu, as city officials have declared war on plants and animals that are harming indigenous species. The city government will pay 5,000 won for one red-eared slider and one kilogram of bluegills and [...]
DAEGU, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Group, South Korea’s top conglomerate, said Thursday it will invest 90 billion won (US$81.3 million) to build a center at the conglomerate’s birth city that assists local startups. The group, which holds the world’s top smartphone maker Samsung Electronics Co. under its wing, said it will build the [...]
Seoul, Nov. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics held a Samsung Venture Partners Day on November 21 in Daegu in an effort to encourage local economic revival. The company said it would lend support to start-up ventures in Daegu and surrounding areas in North Gyeongsang Province. In three business areas including the Internet of Things, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — An international “chimak” festival, sponsored jointly by the city governments of Daegu (Korea) and Ningbo (China), was held in the city of Ningbo in China’s Zhejiang Province for four days between August 8 and 11 with thousands of visitors filling the venue. Chimak is a compound word between (fried) chicken and beer. The [...]
DAEGU, South Korea, Oct 02 (Korea Bizwire) – The Daegu Metropolitan City Government, jointly with EM Korea, held on October 2 a completion ceremony for the nation’s largest hydrogen charging station within the city. The ceremony was attended by Daegu City deputy mayor for economic affairs Kim Yeon-chang, Daegu City Council president Lee Jae-sool, and other industry leaders. [...]