SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea’s crop output for this year could be dented by severe floods from the latest heavy rains and a possible increase in pest infestations, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said Wednesday. North Korea is expected to receive above-average precipitation amounts between August and October, according to a [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has attended a ceremony to dispatch young workers to flood-affected areas on the northern border, describing the restoration efforts as a “gigantic revolutionary construction campaign,” state media said Wednesday. The border city of Sinuiju and Uiju County in North Phyongan Province were recently struck [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has replaced the public security minister and chiefs of the ruling party’s provincial committees over severe damage from the recent downpours in the northern border areas along the Amnok River. The decision was made at an emergency enlarged politburo meeting of the Workers’ Party [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has visited flood-hit areas near the Amnok River and guided an operation to rescue around 5,000 isolated residents with the military’s helicopters, Pyongyang’s state media reported Monday. Kim visited flood-ravaged areas in Sinuiju City and Uiju County of North Phyongan Province on Sunday, after [...]
SEOUL, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) — New technology has been developed that enables the prediction of inundation or flood risks on a grid basis without the need to install water level or rainfall monitoring stations. The technology, created by the Korea Institute of Construction Technology, calculates the flooding volume by inputting historical rainfall data from [...]
SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) — In response to growing consumer concerns about the possible sale of flood-damaged secondhand cars during this summer’s rainy season, South Korea’s used car platforms have launched compensation programs to alleviate consumer anxiety. K Car announced on Wednesday that it will launch of a compensation program designed to address consumer [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – The government plans to minimize damage from heavy rains using digital twin technology that enables researchers to analyze and forecast expected weather conditions through a simulation of a virtual world. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said Monday it will provide the Ministry of Environment with 3D spatial [...]
BOSTON, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Extreme event modeling firm AIR Worldwide estimates insured losses in Germany from July flooding could approach EUR 5 billion. AIR Worldwide is a Verisk (Nasdaq:VRSK) business. Low pressure system “Bernd” parked itself over central Europe and brought about significant flooding from July 13 to 18. Germany’s Rhineland-Palatinate and North [...]
NAMWON, Jan. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Heartwarming news came from a family of cows on a farm in Songdong-myeon in Namwon, North Jeolla Province that survived last summer’s severe flooding of the Seomjin River. In August last year, when the Seomjin River dam collapsed due to heavy rainfall, many homes and barns in Songdong-myeon district [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The government on Wednesday announced a set of countermeasures to deal with flooding and other natural disasters anticipated due to global climate change, vowing to drastically strengthen anti-flood design standards for dams and rivers. Under the new measures, local dams and rivers will be designed to withstand the heaviest [...]