SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of cases in which rescuers drove ambulances to take people hit by a heat wave across South Korea to hospitals tripled from a year earlier to 1,066 in July, government data showed Thursday. The data from the National Fire Agency also revealed the agency’s rescuers were dispatched [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Prices of agricultural products in South Korea have spiked as the country grapples with a record-breaking heat wave, the government said Wednesday. The wholesale price of agricultural products is 6.5 percent higher than average as of late last month, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Sweltering heat affecting South Korea is boosting sales of local retailers as people flock to air-conditioned malls to get relief, industry sources said Wednesday, with the mercury expected to rise further in the coming days. According to retail giant Lotte, 4.22 million people visited Lotte World Mall in eastern [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — As temperatures continue to hover close to 40 degrees Celsius, sales of energy drinks were found to have jumped fivefold in recent days. According to the e-commerce website Gmarket, sales of all drinks between July 1 and 26 increased by 23 percent compared to the same period last year. [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Sweltering heat pushed Seoul’s temperature to the second-highest level on record on Tuesday, with the mercury forecast to rise further, weather authorities said. South Korea’s capital city recorded a temperature of 38.3 degrees Celsius at 3:19 p.m., the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) said. It marks the second highest temperature [...]
DAEGU, Jul. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — With the current heat wave showing no signs of letting up, some banks have turned their retail branches into “resting areas” for anyone who wants to cool down from the heat. Nonghyup Bank’s Daegu office said that it would open its regional bank branches to the public until late [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — With the mercury soaring to record highs, the population of a species of mosquitoes (culex tritaeniorhynchus) known as the carrier of Japanese encephalitis has been decimated. According to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, only eight of the pesky mosquito specimens were collected on average per day [...]
WANDO, Jul. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Contrary to the common belief that sweet potato plants don’t bloom, the plants do have the capacity to blossom, although it is so rare that some only get to see it once a lifetime. “Good fortune” is the meaning bestowed upon this type of flower dating back to the [...]
GANGNEUNG, Jul. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Choi Ho-jun, a 59-year-old man living in Gangneung, woke up to a chirping sound coming from his home’s veranda early Tuesday morning. Thinking that perhaps a bird had made its way into the home through an open window, Choi was in for a big surprise when he turned on [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — In an attempt to cool down roads that have been simmering from the recent heat wave, firefighters have come to the rescue. Local fire departments in Gangwon Province have started to spray water near senior citizen centers and small alleyways using fire hydrants and fire trucks. Firefighters hope that [...]