SEOUL, June 1 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean firms suffering months-long financial damage from the shutdown of a joint industrial complex in North Korea expressed discontent with the latest government support measures on Tuesday, saying the partial aid is not enough to compensate for their losses. Seoul shut down the Kaesong Industrial Complex in the North’s [...]
SEOUL, March 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Tours to the Joint Security Area (JSA), Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), and Northern Limit Line (NLL) remain consistently popular among foreign visitors. According to Cosmojin, a Korean travel agency, North Korea’s nuclear experiments, the shutdown of the Kaeseong Industrial Complex, and the rapid cooling of inter-Korean relations are stirring foreigners’ [...]
GOYANG, Sept. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – A variety of events have been held to celebrate the eve of the ‘DMZ International Documentary Festival’ (DMZ Docs) at Ilsan’s Lake Park. More than 2,000 people, including Goyang citizens, Goyang mayor Choi Sung, and director of the event Jo Jae-hyun attended an event called the ‘DMZdocs Peace Rock [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – The search/reconnaissance operations of South Korean troops in the DMZ will be taking on more aggressive tactics. Before, the rules of engagement were ‘verbal warning, warning shot, aimed shot’, but now, it will be simplified to just ‘aimed shot’. Officials from the Ministry of National Defense (MND) say that they will change [...]
SEOUL, May 20 (Korea Bizwire) — As part of an ambitious plan for an “Eco-DMZ Initiative,” Gyeonggi Province will introduce an “ecosystem payment scheme” at the DMZ and civilian access control lines (CACL) which offer the natural benefits of clean water, air, land, tourism and leisure. People are urged to donate a certain amount of money [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea expressed concerns Thursday that a campaign by dozens of foreign activists to walk across the heavily fortified inter-Korean border will increase tensions on the peninsula. About 30 female activists from around the world, including U.S. activist Gloria Steinem and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Mairead Maguire from Ireland, [...]
SEOUL, June 25 (Korea Bizwire) – According to a recent survey, the number of foreign tourists visiting the demilitarized zone (DMZ) continues to rise annually and ‘security-zone’ themed tourism sees a steady growth despite the fact that the recent gun shooting accident in an outpost in the DMZ has sparked renewed worries about traveling around the area [...]
SUWON, Korea, Dec 29 (Korea Bizwire) – The Gyeonggi provincial government and Gyeonggi Tourism Organization said on December 27 that its ecological learning programs offered in the demilitarized zone such as the “DMZ Eco-culture Classroom” and the “DMZ Experience Program” have won official seals of approval by the Ministry of Environment, the Ministry of Culture, [...]
SEOUL, Korea, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) – In commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the Korean War armistice and the ensuing creation of the demilitarized zone, the Ministry of Environment held on July 19 an ecology festival at Kintex in the northwest of Seoul. The 4-kilometer-wide DMZ was formed after the July 27, 1953 armistice [...]
SEOUL, Korea, July 18 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent survey found more than 30 endangered animal species within the military demarcation line, including the Siberian musk deer, long-tailed goral, and Eurasian otter. The Ministry of Environment and the National Institute of Environmental Research said on July 16 they conducted last year a joint investigation in [...]