POHANG, March 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A fire fueled by underground natural gas, a rare resource in South Korea, has been burning for six straight years in the southeastern city of Pohang. In March 2017, a construction company drilled a tube well 200 meters underground to develop underground water in a Pohang park. During the [...]
POHANG, Nov. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — A colossal experiential art installation, titled ‘Space Walk’, reportedly the largest experiential artwork in the nation, debuted on Thursday at Cheering Park in Pohang, “City of Steel” in North Gyeongsang Province. The steel-based art sculpture — a curved track measuring 60 meters wide, 57 meters long and 25 meters [...]
POHANG, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — A large car ferry that is scheduled to be deployed on the route between Pohang in North Gyeongsang Province and Ulleung Island has made its first public appearance. Local cruise operator Ulleung Cruise’s brand-new car ferry New Shidao Pearl arrived at the terminal of Youngilman Port in Pohang on [...]
POHANG, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — With the season of drying Pacific sauries setting in, the southeastern coastal city of Pohang plans to promote seasonal work for foreigners to address the shortage of labor at fishing villages. Dried sauries, through a repeated process of freezing and thawing, turn into what is locally known as “gwamegi,” [...]
SEOUL, May 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Little terns, an endangered bird species frequenting Pohang, North Gyeongsang Province, are dwindling in population due to indiscreet actions by local mountain bikers and photographers. Last Thursday, two tern chicks were found on the coast of Pohang, recently hatched from eggs. A pair of female and male terns were [...]
SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Special drive-through seafood sales to help fish farmers struggling with the aftermath of the coronavirus outbreak have ended in a major success. The city of Pohang and the Pohang Fish Farmers Association held a series drive-through sales on March 14 and 15 as well as Saturday and Sunday to [...]
POHANG, March 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Pohang in North Gyeongsang Province has implemented a drive-through system to sell seafood in a bid to prevent further spread of the coronavirus. The city office and the Pohang Fish Farming Association sold lunch boxes that come with raw fish filets on the roadside of Guryongpo [...]
POHANG, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — A damages suit involving the earthquake in Pohang, North Gyeongsang Province on November 15, 2017 was filed. The trial is finally starting one year and nine months after the quake, as a government research team announced belatedly that ‘the operation of the geothermal power plant brought about an earthquake’, and [...]
POHANG, May 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s largest fireworks festival will be held in Pohang, North Gyeongsang Province. The city of Pohang and the Pohang Cultural Foundation will be hosting the 2019 Pohang International Fire and Light Festival from Friday to Sunday at Hyungsangang Park. The festival will consist of a variety of performances [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s second-most destructive earthquake, which struck the southeastern city of Pohang in 2017, was probably triggered by an experimental geothermal power plant, the government said Wednesday. The government-led teams of experts, from both South Korea and abroad, concluded that a series of earthquakes, reaching a magnitude of 5.4 [...]