SEOUL, Jul. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea on Friday stressed the need for swift and accurate weather forecasts, as heavy rain likely to fall during the summer monsoon season could seriously affect the country’s agriculture. The Rodong Sinmun, the North’s main newspaper, reported that having accurate weather forecasts is a matter of survival for [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – It’s that time of year again: monsoon rains wreaking havoc on the South Korean baseball schedule. Inclement weather wiped out four of the five games scheduled for Saturday in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO). They were all rescheduled as part of doubleheaders for Sunday. But two of those doubleheaders couldn’t [...]
New York, Apr. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — George Soros and the Open Society Foundations today announced an emergency assistance fund of USD 10 million to help Rohingya people displaced from Myanmar and host communities in Bangladesh. From April to October there is a high risk of flash floods, landslides, and cyclones in southern Bangladesh, where [...]
SEOUL, July 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Rainy season has finally arrived on the Korean Peninsula. Better known as the East Asian monsoon, Korea’s rainy season is the result of a monsoonal flow that carries moist air from the Indian and the Pacific Oceans to East Asia. The monsoonal front usually strikes the peninsula from the south [...]