SEJONG, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea will map out a comprehensive plan to strengthen the safety measures of the country’s energy facilities by the end of this year following last week’s strongest earthquake that jolted the nation, the ministry here said Friday. An advisory committee comprised of experts from various fields, including geology [...]
ULSAN, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – A video of grey mullets swimming in single file captured media attention on August 30. The rare footage, filmed at Ulsan’s Taewha River, showed thousands of fish making up a single line that went on for at least two kilometers according to the witness. But the video has now [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Amid concerns over last week’s historic earthquake and the hundreds of aftershocks that have followed, some insurance companies have ceased to offer earthquake insurance products. A record magnitude-5.8 earthquake struck the peninsula on September 12 with its epicenter some eight kilometers south of Gyeongju. Since the original temblor, some [...]
GYEONGJU, South Korea, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Gyeongju was struck by another magnitude-3.5 aftershock Wednesday morning, adding to the fear spreading across the region since Korea’s historic 5.8-magnitude temblor jolted the peninsula on September 12. The aftershock took place at 11:53 a.m., with the epicenter located some 10 kilometers southwest of the historical city. [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Worries over earthquakes are higher than ever in South Korea after another 4.5-magnitude aftershock struck Gyeongju Monday, a week after a record 5.8-magnitude earthquake thumped the same region. Amid the fears, however, Koreans are losing faith in the government’s earthquake alert system, with the Ministry of Public Safety and [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – All new buildings in South Korea that are higher than one story will be required to be earthquake-resistant from next year, while those with 16 floors or more must have their earthquake-proof designs verified, the government said Tuesday. The measure was set following a 5.8-magnitude earthquake that hit the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Cultural heritage authorities on Tuesday began checking to see if the latest earthquake has caused any damage to important cultural sites in the ancient city of Gyeongju. The National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage under the Cultural Heritage Administration (CHA) said they were examining national treasures and other monuments in [...]
GYEONGJU, South Korea, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Korea suffered a historic magnitude-5.8 earthquake Monday at 8:35 p.m. It was the strongest of its kind to strike the peninsula, which seldom experiences earthquakes above 5.0 in magnitude. The earthquake’s epicenter was near the Naenam-myeon region in Gyeongju, some 371 kilometers southeast of Seoul, and was preceded [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – A number of South Korean businesses were forced to halt their production and assembly lines for safety inspections Tuesday, one day after a powerful quake rocked the country. Nearly a dozen major industrial facilities, including a power plant, had their operations halted after a 5.8-magnitude earthquake jolted the nation, [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – A record magnitude-5.8 earthquake jolted South Korea’s southwestern region, the country’s meteorological agency said Monday. The quake detected at 8:35 p.m. was the strongest tremor reported on land in the country with the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) saying the epicenter was near Naenam-myeon region in Gyeongju, some 371 kilometers [...]