SEOUL, June 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The teenage North Korean soldier who defected to South Korea this week left his barracks earlier this month and finally crossed the border after a week-long journey, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said Tuesday. On Monday, the 19-year-old lowest-ranking North Korean enlistee defected to the South through the [...]
SEOUL, May 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean President Park Geun-hye announced a plan Monday to take advantage of big data to create new business opportunities as she launched a new innovation center. “Big data is a new capital of the creative economy,” Park said in the opening ceremony of the latest innovation center in [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – Due to climate change, apple cultivation is expected to be limited to certain areas in Gangwon province by the end of the 21st Century. According to the Rural Development Administration (RDA) on February 26, growing areas for other fruits such as pears, peaches and grapes will also decrease after 2050, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – The National Cultural Properties Research Institute under the Cultural Heritage Administration said that it discovered remnants of ancient red beans in a recent archaeological survey in Yangyang, Gangwon Province. The field probe was conducted jointly with researchers at the Prehistory Museum in Osan-ri. According to the scientists who participated in the [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – Legoland Korea, a Lego-themed amusement park, is expected to create decent jobs in Gangwon Province. Gangwon Province and the Chuncheon city government signed an agreement with LL Development, a special-purpose corporation for Legoland Korea, Serveone, a service affiliate of LG Group, and Korea Employment Information Service, a state-run employment agency, [...]