SEOUL, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — According to a recent report, the quantity of marine debris amassed within the nation’s marine national parks saw a significant increase last year compared to previous years, surpassing a total of 2,000 tons. This data, originally sourced from the Korea National Park Service, was revealed by a member of [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – The government said Wednesday that it will adopt a reservation system for national parks to prevent the spread of COVID-19 ahead of the peak autumn foliage season. Twenty-seven major trails of the national parks across the country will adopt the timed entry system to prevent overloading of visitors, said [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A number of programs are being introduced to enjoy garbage-free hiking with South Koreans flocking to the mountains in large numbers to enjoy the gorgeous autumn weather. National parks across the country have introduced a green points program that credits hikers who bring back garbage, with the points useable [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — All sunset and sunrise events will be banned at national parks across the country until early next month, the Ministry of Environment said Thursday, in accordance with the government’s special anti-COVID-19 measures. The ban will be in effect from Thursday to Jan. 3, the ministry said, noting violators will [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The government will restrain group visits to autumn foliage hot spots nationwide by temporarily banning large buses from national parks during the upcoming peak foliage season, its coronavirus task force said Monday, as part of efforts to contain the spread of the pandemic. The Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Group visits to national parks will be discouraged during the peak autumn foliage season of October and November to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, the environment ministry said. In line with the announcement Wednesday, the Korea National Park Service planned to restrict access of large vehicles to 21 [...]
SEOUL, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of visitors to South Korea’s national parks decreased 23.1 percent year-on-year last month due to the new coronavirus outbreak, the National Park Service said Saturday. A total of 2.78 million people visited the 22 national parks across the country, down from 3.62 million during the same period [...]
SEOUL, March 27 (Korea Bizwire) — A project to provide various accommodation facilities and programs will be carried out in earnest, focusing on low-lying national parks. The purpose of the project is to prevent cases where nature is damaged due to the culture of mountain climbing and to allow those from all walks of life, [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Environmental activist Park Grimm was a senior in high school when he first wandered beneath the towering granite peaks of Mount Seorak in northeast South Korea. The dramatic landscape of vast forests and narrow gorges, so different from his hometown Seoul, consoled him during a difficult time in his [...]