SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — With South Koreans cheering for Jincheon, which has accepted ‘persons of special merit’ from Afghanistan, the county’s online shopping mall that sells local produce has been shut down due to server overload. On the county’s Jincheon Mall website, a notice was posted on Sunday saying that all item sales [...]
JINCHEON, Nov. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — North Chungcheong Province’s Jincheon County, South Korea’s largest hardwood charcoal producer, is building an eco-friendly hardwood charcoal industrial cluster. The county plans to invest 4.8 billion won (US$4.3 million) to build a hardwood charcoal industrial complex on 36,000 square meters of land in Baekgok District by 2024. Jincheon is [...]
JINCHEON, Apr. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Cherry blossoms have reached full bloom near a 1,000 year old stone clapper bridge built during the Goryeo Dynasty (918-1392) located in Jincheon County, North Chungcheong Province, attracting scores of visitors. On Sunday, tourists were seen enjoying the view as they walked on the path that leads to and [...]
JINCHEON, Aug. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The village of Geumam-ri in Jincheon-gun, North Chungcheong Province is widely known in the region as the “copper-winged bat village.” The mammals, also known as Hodgson’s bats, belong to a species of vesper bat that has been designated as the 452nd natural monument in the nation and are also [...]
CHUNGJU, April 5 (Korea Bizwire) – A new solar cell plant being built for Hanwha Q CELLS Korea is in the spotlight as a model of regulatory reforms. Since last year, one of the hottest topics in business circles is the government’s so-called ‘forward-looking regulatory reforms’. The goal is to amend unreasonable regulations that stifle economic growth. [...]
JINCHEON, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Jincheon County Office will release 120kg of loaches to eradicate mosquitoes in an eco-friendly way. An average loach is known to eat more than 1,000 mosquito larvae, and the county office started to release loaches into streams and reservoirs in the county last year. As the office in Chungcheongbuk-do [...]
JINCHEON, Korea, Feb. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Frustration against the factory farms of large-sized livestock raising and distribution companies is growing among local farmers following the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease. According to officials from Jeungpyeong and Jincheon counties in North Chucheong Province, local farmers are asking for the withdrawal of factory farms run by large companies, as [...]