SEJONG, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s ocean ministry said Tuesday it plans to release 14 endangered sea turtles into waters off a southern island this week as part of efforts to preserve the species in the wild. The sea turtles, including some that were rescued or brought into the country for research purposes, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – Restoration efforts for oriental storks began in 1996 when a pair of stork young was brought into the country from Russia’s Amur River basin. Oriental storks were once resident birds occasionally found on the Korean Peninsula, but their numbers dwindled towards the mid-20th century. Natural breeding of oriental storks [...]
SEJONG, Oct. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Endangered Seoul pond frogs (pelophylax chosenicus) that were captured and released during the development of Sejong New Town’s Central Park have seen their population plummet by more than 90 percent in the past two or three years. According to the Geumgang Watershed Environment Office and LH’s (Korea Land & [...]
BUSAN, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Fish that used to thrive in Korea’s littoral areas are rapidly disappearing. Although the phenomenon is also the result of global warming, experts point to overfishing as the fundamental cause. The 1970s and 1980s were the golden age of fishing, but since then, catches have decreased by over 60 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Seoul Grand Park is currently taking care of three slow lorises that were illegally smuggled into Korea. Last year, it succeeded in breeding one slow loris from a couple. As a registered endangered animal, the animals are seldom allowed to be imported. However, since they are small and almost motionless and [...]