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Rescue Team Recovers All Bodies in Yangju Quarry Landslide

YANGJU, Feb. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — 104 hours and 30 minutes. That’s how long it took to locate all three workers buried under 300,000 square meters of land at a quarry in Yangju, Gyeonggi Province on Jan. 29. Tragically, the three workers were found dead. The quarry collapsed on the first day of the Lunar [...]

Big Data, Drones to Safeguard Forests

SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Drones have been gaining popularity in their application for a wide range of industries, including agriculture and manufacturing. They have become more reliable and capable of different tasks as technology has advanced. The Presidential Fourth Industrial Revolution Committee announced the establishment of an ‘Intelligence-based Forestry Disaster Management Strategy’ on [...]