INCHEON, Jul. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Islands off South Korea’s west coast have been designated as National Geoparks of Korea. They include the 51-square-kilometer Baengnyeong Island, 13-square-kilometer Daecheong Island, and 3-square-kilometer Socheong Island. There are 10 unique geological sites in the parks, including Baengyeong’s Dumujin, Socheong’s Bunbawi Rock, and Daecheong’s Nongyeo Beach. The islands have [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The “Dream Island” project, a large-scale tourism and leisure complex that will be built on reclaimed land within Yeongjong Island located in Incheon, appears to be nearing reality. At Lotte Hotel in Seoul on Monday, the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries held a briefing session on the start of [...]
SEOUL, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Engineering and Construction Co. has been selected to clean up pollution at a U.S. military base in Incheon, west of Seoul, the defense ministry said Friday. The environment ministry found last year that soil and groundwater inside the Camp Market in Bupyeong, Incheon, were contaminated with chemicals like [...]
INCHEON, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) — As the South Korean Ministry of Defense is taking steps to decontaminate Camp Market, a U.S. Army base located in Incheon’s Bupyeong District that is polluted with dioxins, civil groups say the costs should be borne by the United States Forces Korea (USFK). Almost 50 civil groups from Incheon [...]
INCHEON, May 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Incheon announced on Tuesday that it will begin offering Internet of Things (IoT) phones to senior residents. The city gave out IoT phones to 1,010 people out of 3,400 senior residents at the senior center in Yeonsu district. The IoT phones are equipped with light, temperature, [...]
INCHEON, Mar. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — A cat stuck up in a 15-meter-tall tree near a local park in the city of Incheon for three straight days has been rescued by firefighters. On Tuesday afternoon, 119 received a call from an Incheon resident who said that a cat was found hanging on to a tree [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Experts are concerned over landfills in the Greater Seoul Metropolitan Area that are expected to reach their maximum capacity by the end of 2024. “Plastic bags, after being reclassified as domestic waste rather than recycled waste, have led to the increased inflow of waste into landfills,” said Kim Ryeok, [...]
INCHEON, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Incheon’s Yeonsu District has launched South Korea’s very first shared electric bicycle service. The district, in cooperation with Kakao Mobility Corp., a South Korean transportation service company, will install 400 Kakao T bicycles throughout the district to pilot the initiative until June. Kakao T bikes use a Pedal Assist [...]
INCHEON, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea plans to build a museum on the collection, display and study of world letters in the city of Incheon, west of Seoul, starting in July this year, the Incheon municipal government said Tuesday. Completion of the National Museum of World Letters in the city’s international business district [...]
INCHEON, Jan. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Public agencies in the city of Incheon are raising controversy after having held a series of events aimed at helping to connect single men and women in local communities. Incheon’s Seo District hosted a matchmaking event for single men and women last Saturday at a local institute in Incheon’s [...]