JEONJU, Mar. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Cities and counties in North Jeolla Province are scrambling to plant more trees this year with the aim to reduce fine dust and offset the urban heat island effect. According to the National Institute for Forest Science, planting a single tree can result in the absorption of 35.7 grams [...]
JEONJU, Jan. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Agricultural and fish products from North Jeolla Province have, for the very first time, surpassed US$300 million in exports last year, one-third of which were attributed to the province’s signature seaweed. North Jeolla Province reported US$318 million in agricultural and fish exports last year, which was a 41.5 percent [...]
SEOUL, March 5 (Korea Bizwire) — “It’s so convenient, since I don’t have to go all the way to Jeonju anymore.” So said one elderly woman standing before the entrance of the small cinema in Gimje City, North Jeolla Province. Surrounding her was a small crowd of fellow seniors and families with children, all waiting [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea won the bid to host the 25th World Scout Jamboree in 2023 in a vote at the World Scout Conference in Baku, Azerbaijan on Wednesday (local time). South Korea’s Saemangeum in North Jeolla Province beat Poland’s Gdansk in a ballot held among 168 members of the World [...]
SEOUL, June 18 (Korea Bizwire) – North Jeolla Province is making 1 billion won annually from a windfarm of 10 wind turbines installed near a seawall. According to the provincial government, it earned a total of 11.3 billion won (US$10 million) since it installed the wind turbines at the Gunjang Industrial Complex seawall in 2002. The [...]
SEOUL, June 9 (Korea Bizwire) – The outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) in Korea is even having a negative effect on sales of agricultural products from Sunchang County in North Jeolla Province, where a patient tested positive for MERS. One raspberry farmer said, “Among some 30 pre-orders for raspberry products, almost half were cancelled in [...]
SEOUL, May 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s provincial governments Sunday unveiled plans to resume long-suspended aid to and exchange projects with North Korea under a new inter-Korean reconciliation policy by the Park Geun-hye government. Last week, the Ministry of Unification announced plans to promote inter-Korean exchanges in such areas as culture, sports and history to [...]
SEOUL, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) – To facilitate foreign investment in its Saemangeum project, the Korean government plans to ease related regulations concerning employment and usage of the land. On April 7, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and the Saemangeum Development Agency announced that a revised bill containing these changes had been approved. The [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – Hyosung and the government have jointly established a carbon fiber hub in North Jeolla Province. The South Korean company leads the project by investing 1.24 trillion won while the central government and the province support it with an investment of more than 15 billion won. In the presence of President [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Royal Canin, a world famous pet food provider, decided to set up one of its global production lines in Korea, a strategic move to gain a foothold in the Asian market which sees a surging pet loving population as time advances. According to North Jeolla Province, the provincial government and Royal [...]