JEONJU, Mar. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Cities and counties in North Jeolla Province are scrambling to plant more trees this year with the aim to reduce fine dust and offset the urban heat island effect. According to the National Institute for Forest Science, planting a single tree can result in the absorption of 35.7 grams [...]
GUMI, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Forest coordinator is becoming an attractive career for many in South Korea. “You can get paid as much as 1.7 million won (US$1,510) to 2.4 million won (US$2,132),” said Shim Jae-heon, head of planning at the Gyeongsangbuk-Do Environment Training Institute. “We are seeing high participation in our program to [...]
CHUNCHEON, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Chuncheon in Gangwon Province announced on January 9 that it will create a forest to prevent air pollution caused increasing fine dust emissions. The forest will be created on the site of a shuttered U.S. military base downtown. Only 15 hectares of the base will be [...]
BUSAN, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Busan announced on Wednesday that it plans to create an urban forest to reduce fine dust and mitigate the urban heat island effect. The Blue Green Network, a project proposed by Busan, was recently approved by the Korea Forest Service as part of its new Social [...]
GANGNEUNG, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Forest Service opened Daegwallyeong Red Pine Forest to the public on Tuesday. Daegwallyeong Red Pine Forest in Gangwon Province stretches across 400 hectares, large enough to fit 571 football fields. Ever since the first red pine seeds were planted in the area between 1922 and 1928, local [...]
YANGSAN, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — A remote forest area known as “Mupunghansong-gil” was named the most beautiful forest in this year’s “National Beautiful Forest Contest” that evaluates the most scenic forests in the nation every year. Contest organizers announced yesterday that the area located within the grounds of the famous Tongdo Temple in Yangsan, [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Last weekend, a unique new movie hall was the talk of town on social media sites. The cinema that sparked great interest among the public is “Cine and Foret,” a new movie theater that opened at CGV’s existing Gangbyeon branch. CJ CGV, the largest multiplex cinema chain in South [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Yuhan-Kimberly Ltd., a maker of sanitary products in South Korea, indicated Sunday that it could provide seedlings to North Korea if South and North Korea agree to join hands for a forestation project in the North. Yuhan-Kimberly said it will provide seedlings to ensure they can be planted in [...]
YANGPYEONG, South Korea, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Forest Service gave foreign reporters Friday a familiarization tour of Yangpyeong’s Saneum Healing Forest. Located within the Saneum National Recreational Forest, Saneum Healing Forest was established in 2009 as Korea’s first healing forest, offering various nature-driven therapy programs. The forest is comprised of several mountain [...]
DAEJEON, July 31 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Forest Service has announced a plan to create ‘City Forests’ in 559 locations all over the nation. A budget of 113.1 billion won has been allocated to the project. According to the Korea Forest Service, average temperatures in the seven big Korean cities, including Seoul, Busan, Daegu and Incheon [...]