SEOUL, Apr. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – In a heartwarming display of environmental stewardship, the globally renowned K-pop group SEVENTEEN and their dedicated fans have joined forces with the music platform Melon to create a second forest under the platform’s eco-friendly initiative, further amplifying their positive influence. According to an announcement made on April 9 by Kakao [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The country’s second forest named after popular K-pop boy group Seventeen was created at a park in Seoul, Melon, a local music streaming platform, said Tuesday. The forest located in Nanji Han River Park in western Seoul was created with money donated by subscribers as part of its eco-friendly [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Innovation Co., South Korea’s leading energy company, said Thursday it has signed a tentative agreement with the government of Fiji for a forest restoration project in the South Pacific island nation. SK Innovation forged the memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the government Wednesday in the Fijian capital of [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. said Wednesday it has partnered with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) for a forest restoration project in Vietnam. The company’s Vietnamese joint venture HTV and the IUCN, along with Seoul-based development non-governmental organization Good Neighbors International, signed a memorandum of understanding Tuesday for [...]
GANGNEUNG, June 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Birds were found resilient in their old habitat despite a massive wildfire that devastated the area. A wildfire, which engulfed near Gyeongpo Lake in the northeastern coastal city of Gangneung last April, devastated 121 hectares of forest. Since then, new plants have gradually covered the devastated area in a [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — A honey source forest equivalent in size to the area of 4,700 soccer fields has been created in South Chungcheong Province. The provincial government announced that it completed the first stage of the honey source forest creation and cultivation project it carried out from 2018 to this year. The [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Forest Service said Thursday it will launch an initiative to supply byproducts of its forest cultivation project — trees that are hard to recycle into lumber — to the vulnerable class. The initiative is designed to reduce fuel costs for the vulnerable class, who have difficulty due [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. is stepping up efforts to create more forests to protect biodiversity as well as to better respond to the climate crisis. The South Korea’s biggest carmaker said Wednesday it will create a new forest with a size of about 16,000 square meters in Hongcheon County, Gangwon [...]
DAEJEON, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — A Korean-style forest park will be set up near Angkor Wat Buddhist temple complex, Cambodia’s most famous tourist destination, using South Korean forest management technology. The Korea Forest Service held the first plenary session for the Korea-Cambodia joint operating committee online on Tuesday. The park will be set up [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries said Monday that it will start an official development assistance (ODA) project that will establish a shellfish farm in Northern Vietnam and transfer relevant technology. The Korea Forest Service plans to utilize a 330-hectare mangrove forest that is being established in Vietnam as [...]