GANGNEUNG, Mar. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — On March 9, the second weekend in March, the east coast of Gangwon Province was crowded with visitors enjoying the smells of spring. The crowds started to grow in the morning, with tourists and young people who wanted to visit places free of fine dust. With the crowds, Gangneung’s [...]
CHUNCHEON, Mar. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — An increasing quantity of tuna is being caught on the east coast of Gangwon Province. However, those plying their trade in the waters off the east coast have yet to benefit financially from the tuna. Recently, a rise in sea temperatures and the formation of new food chains led [...]
CHUNCHEON, Mar. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — On Sunday, the Gangwon Film Commission (GFC) announced that it will recruit participants for an upcoming film tour. The so-called ‘Visiting Film Tour’ is an event that offers various cultural experiences, including watching classic films and a movie talk program in areas where movie viewing facilities are unavailable. In [...]
CHUNCHEON, Feb. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — With the start to the school year just around the corner, elementary schools in Gangwon Province plan to hold unique entrance ceremonies. At Sodal Elementary School in Samcheok, an entrance ceremony will be held for a single student. Teachers, seniors and local residents will decorate a tree with various [...]
CHUNCHEON, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Gangwon Province’s ‘Hospital Ward without Guardian’ initiative is gaining a positive response from residents. The system was aimed at reducing the economic burden on the underprivileged. The province has been providing the service as a pilot project from August 2013, and had offered 6,422 patients 24-hour care for an [...]
INJE, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — A rare species of copper-winged bat, also known as the golden bat, has been found in Inje-gun, Gangwon Province. Golden bats are typically 4 to 6 centimeters in length, with black hues at the tip of the ears, feet, and wings. They are also called orange-whiskered bats due to [...]
CHUNCHEON, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — In July, a man in his 70s was reported missing on a small mountain in Chuncheon, Gangwon Province. Rescue workers were mobilized to help find the missing man, but the rugged terrain made the operation difficult. Gangwon Province’s fire department then deployed John, a 7-year-old search and rescue dog, [...]
JEONGSEON, South Korea, April 26 (Korea Bizwire) – Two people were killed and another went missing Thursday after an explosion at a mine in a northeastern county in Gangwon Province, authorities said. The accident happened at around 3:55 p.m. when blasting work was under way in an iron mine in Jeongseon, about 150 kilometers east of Seoul. Initial reports said 14 workers were buried under the [...]
CHUNCHEON, April 18 (Korea Bizwire) — In a bit to combat worsening air pollution, Gangwon Province has announced plans to install ‘fine dust shelters’ at bus stops and taxi stands. The move by the Gangwon provincial government to build green zones comes amid a growing number of fine dust warnings issued in recent years in the [...]
SEOUL, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) — A school in Gangwon Province has come under fire after taking down a student’s poster criticizing the administration without following regular procedures. The poster put up by a middle school student criticized the school administration for revising its code of conduct without going through the regular procedures, raising an issue [...]