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 [...]
JEJU, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent study led by Hosei University professor Shirai Nobuo and professor Lee Soo-cheol of Meijo University revealed that Koreans and Japanese have different perceptions of natural disasters. The survey, which was conducted with the participation of 520 citizens from each of Tokyo and Seoul, showed that 48.8 percent [...]
BUSAN, July 26 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of Public Safety and Security scheduled an emergency safety inspection meeting Tuesday joined by the Ministry of Environment, Ministry of Trade, Industry & Energy, and Korea Gas Safety Corporation, regarding the mysterious gas odor that swept across Busan on July 21 and Ulsan on July 23. A [...]
SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Earthquake! Kindergarten children visited the Seongdong Life Safety Learning Center in Seoul on Wednesday morning, to raise awareness of natural disasters and to train for earthquake evacuation. Following a 5.0-magnitude underwater earthquake that was observed some 52km off the coast of Ulsan on July 5, there has been an [...]
BUSAN, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) – A 5.0-magnitude underwater earthquake with an epicenter only 52km off the coast of Ulsan was detected Tuesday night at 8:33 p.m. Although no casualties or damages resulted from the event, the tremor was sensed across the nation, and citizens in Ulsan and nearby regions panicked as they felt the ground [...]
SEOUL, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Korea may be less prone to severe earthquakes relative to its close neighbor Japan, but it’s better safe than sorry. Lee Hee-il, a senior researcher at the Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGMR), revealed Wednesday, during the 8th Public Safety and Technology Forum, that the KIGMR, the [...]
SEOUL, April 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is considering offering emergency relief for earthquake-stricken Nepal, a foreign ministry official said Sunday. The official told Yonhap News Agency the government is looking into the possibility of offering Nepal relief funds and sending a message of condolence. “We will see in what areas relief efforts will [...]