SEOUL, June 15 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Household & Health Care Ltd., a major South Korean cosmetics and household goods maker, said Tuesday it will protect the habitat of otters, which are classified as first-grade endangered species, as part of its ESG management. To restore otter habitat, the company plans to install a playground for [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co., a major builder in South Korea, is taking initiative to improve the residential environment of the Vietnamese living in the country. The company announced that it had entered into a four-party business agreement with the Vietnamese Embassy in Seoul, Habitat for Humanity Korea and [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – The best laid plans of “bears” and men may soon see bears come out on top as Asian black bear KM-53′s the highly publicized trek to find a new home has animal rights groups cheering and government agencies reconsidering their options. Also known as a moon bear for the [...]
CHANGWON, July 1 (Korea Bizwire) – A dozen spot-billed ducks (anas poecilorhyncha) appeared on a busy city street in Changwon on Thursday afternoon. It turned out that eleven little ones, led by their mother, were moving from a pond by the Nakdong River Basin Environmental Office to an eco-pond next to Gyeongsangnam-do Provincial Hall, in [...]
Bangkok, May 3 (Korea Bizwire) – More than 800,000 people took part in Habitat Youth BUILD activities. Spread across 11 countries in Asia, young people took action, raised money and increased awareness of the poverty housing situation in the region. “The support for Habitat Youth BUILD 2014 is amazing and inspiring. More than 800,000 young people [...]