POHANG, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – In a series of unusual sightings that experts say may be linked to climate change, several subtropical marine species have been spotted in the waters off Pohang, a coastal city in North Gyeongsang Province. On August 26, local fishermen reported seeing a pod of false killer whales in the sea [...]
BUSAN, Apr. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The Busan Coast Guard announced on April 20 that it will award a total of 900,000 won in rewards to individuals who reported cases of ocean pollution during the first quarter of this year. The Coast Guard operates a reward system for reporting marine pollution incidents to supplement its ocean [...]
SEOUL, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Friday awarded an order of national security merit to a Marine who died during search and rescue operations for victims of torrential rains earlier this week, the Marine Corps said. The government honored late Marine Cpl. Chae Su-geun of the 1st Marine Division with the Gwangbok [...]
POHANG, March 20 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean steelmaker POSCO is offering special hiring benefits to service members from the Marine Corps who joined the relief efforts when super Typhoon Hinnamnor hit the country. The company decided to exempt service members recommended by the commander of the 1st Marine Division, stationed the southeastern city of [...]
SEOUL, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean Marine draftee who departed for Poland without approval while on vacation is in the custody of Ukraine authorities, a foreign ministry official said Tuesday, amid a report he intends to help Ukraine’s fight against Russia’s invasion. The Marine attempted to enter Ukraine from Poland but was [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Polar Research Institute announced that it has succeeded in tracking the seasonal changes in ice formation and marine mammal activities by recording the sound of the Antarctic Ocean over the past four years using underwater acoustic equipment. The research team, jointly with the U.S. National Oceanic and [...]
TAEAN, Jun. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Taean County, South Chungcheong Province, will foster marine healing industries using major resources in areas such as peat bogs and mudflats. The county said Tuesday that the Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST), which is in charge of the “Taean Marine Healing Resources Survey”, has launched an [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries announced ‘The 1st Marine Bio-Resource Basic Management Plan’ on Monday. The project entails the introduction of a grading system, along with the expansion of areas to investigate marine bio-resources. In order to manage marine bio-resources more strategically, the ministry plans to expand its [...]
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – A company of U.S. soldiers from the III Marine Expeditionary Force stationed in Okinawa is in South Korea for a joint winter season exercise with the Republic of Korea Marine Corps. According to the South Korean military, the marines from the two countries are currently engaged in [...]
SEOUL, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea and the United States are conducting a joint marine infiltration exercise, testing the interoperability of the two countries’ military forces for a potential assault against North Korea. The exercise took off on June 27 in the southeast coastal city of Pohang, with 800 South Korean and 500 [...]