SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Metropolitan Government is adopting remote-controlled wireless cameras for safety checks at bridges spanning the Han River. The new initiative will see the local government use wire and rail cameras to inspect hard-to-reach areas like facilities underneath bridges, without putting safety inspectors in danger. “Until recently, a barge had [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government is stepping up efforts to reduce phosphorus levels in the Han River in a bid to improve water quality. Government officials on Monday announced plans to spend nearly 235 billion won to set up total phosphorus treatment facilities at four sewage treatment centers in the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The season’s first ice formation was recorded Friday on the Han River, which bisects Seoul, as the mercury fell to a morning low of 10 C below zero in many areas, the weather agency said. The Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) observed the first ice formation on the river, 42 [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced Thursday that it will establish new waterside facilities at Yeouido Hangang Park by 2019. The $170-million park will have a new dock, to accommodate waterway traffic on the Han River, and an observatory, alongside other commercial and cultural facilities for shopping, tourism, and exhibits. [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Rivers froze, and workers hurried to their offices bundled in layers as South Korea recorded its coldest day yet this winter. The temperature dropped early Monday morning to minus 12 degrees Celsius in Seoul, with Daegwallyeong, Gangwon Province, recording minus 18 degrees. Most of the other regions on the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Metropolitan Government will display 50 photos from the 2016 Hangang (Han River) Summer Festival from December 12 to 16 at the main lobby of the city hall, highlighting the best of the city’s iconic river during this year’s summer season. The Hangang Summer Festival took off in [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – A 51-year-old man identified as Lee (full name undisclosed) was placed under arrest after disposing of some 13 tons of animal carcass in the Han River, a major waterway that flows through the heart of Seoul, according to the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office on Friday. Prosecutors reported that Lee is [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of suicide attempts on the Han River that runs through Seoul has been increasing sharply since 2012, data showed Tuesday, raising demands that authorities bolster safety measures at bridges. According to the data compiled by Rep. Hong Chul-ho of the ruling Saenuri Party, around 1,400 people attempted [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea will resume its policing operations next month to prevent Chinese fishermen from illegally entering neutral waters of the Han River estuary ahead of the peak season for crab fishing, Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said Wednesday. In June, the joint military police unit composed of the [...]
SEOUL, July 29 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Metropolitan Government’s Han River Project Headquarters announced on July 29 that it will hold ‘Han River Paper Boat Races’ on July 30 and 31, and on August 6 and 7 at Jamsil’s Han River Park. Similar races are held regularly in other countries including the U.S. and Britain, [...]