SEOUL, June 15 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Household & Health Care Ltd., a major South Korean cosmetics and household goods maker, said Tuesday it will protect the habitat of otters, which are classified as first-grade endangered species, as part of its ESG management. To restore otter habitat, the company plans to install a playground for [...]
IKSAN, Nov. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The appearance of an otter, a sign of a healthy environment, served as welcome news on Thursday to the residents of the small village of Jangjeom in Iksan, North Jeolla Province. Jangjeom has been stigmatized as a ‘cancer village’ after a cluster of cancer patients emerged following the opening [...]
GANGNEUNG, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — There was an unprecedented event at Gyeongpo Aquarium in Gangneung, Gangwon Province, where an otter recently gave birth to three babies. According to the aquarium, the baby otters born on July 12 to Korean otter couple Daro and Dami are safely through the post-natal dangerous period and growing up [...]
DANYANG, Apr. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The Danuri Aquarium in Danyang County, North Chungcheong Province, reported on Monday that it has decided to display five recently born baby otters outdoors this month. The mother otter gave birth to five offspring in January, including three males and two females. It is the second childbirth in about [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The Association of Korean Otter Conservation (AKOC) and the Korea National Park Service Species Restoration Technology Institute (KNPS-SRTI) released a year-and-a-half-old otter back to the wild on Thursday. The otter was rescued in July of last year near the Soyang River, when it was found separated from its family. [...]
ULSAN, April 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Removed from their home of seven years after the appearance of an unexpected predator, a family of geese are back where they belong on the campus grounds of UNIST, a science and technology research university located in the southeastern city of Ulsan. Originally a family of seven, only four [...]