SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Last year’s floods affecting key soybean producers in Latin America, including those in Argentina, led to a drop in the soybean harvest, which is now crippling the supply of business-to-business cooking oil in Korea – further pressuring food businesses that are already suffering from soaring egg prices from the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Thirteen high school students and staff members were allegedly killed trying to recover portraits of former supreme leaders Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il in a flood-affected region in North Hamgyong Province, a display of unconditional loyalty to the state that took a deadly turn. According to an unnamed source [...]
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 [...]
SEOUL, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korea discharged water from a dam near the border with South Korea Wednesday, prompting the South to evacuate border-area residents for fears of flooding. “It seems that North Korea discharged water from Hwanggang Dam at around 6 a.m.,” a South Korean military official said. The North did not [...]