SEOUL, May 13 (Korea Bizwire) — A court of appeals has overturned a lower court’s decision that strong earthquakes that struck Pohang in 2017 and 2018 were caused by a geothermal power plant then under construction in the southeastern port city, judicial officials said Tuesday. Pohang, 271 kilometers southeast of Seoul, was hit hard by [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The latter half of last year was marked by a rash of high profile accidents that have made public safety a major concern for South Korean society. Among the high profile incidents in the previous two months were a rare 5.4-magnitude earthquake that rocked the southeastern city of Pohang [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — With the southeastern city of Pohang still recovering from a 5.4-magnitude temblor last week that caused significant damage, the grim but necessary prospect of a major earthquake hitting Seoul has been a hot topic of discussion in South Korea in recent days. ‘What if a major earthquake hits Seoul?’ is [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The 5.4-magnitude earthquake in Pohang on Wednesday has resulted in a series of unlikely effects, particularly for female high school students from their birth control pill schedule to plans for plastic surgery. The devastating earthquake which hit the southeastern city of Pohang saw the country’s critically important CSAT exam [...]
BUSAN, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Piloti-type buildings in South Korea are in the spotlight over their vulnerability to earthquakes in the wake of the 5.4-magnitude temblor in Pohang on Wednesday. Safety concerns are growing over residential buildings supported by pillars on the first floor, also known as pilotis, as one of the most popular architectural [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Aftershocks are expected to continue in Pohang following the rare 5.4-magnitude earthquake that hit the region on Wednesday afternoon. As over 5.0-magnitude earthquakes are often followed by a series of aftershocks of various intensities in the months that follow, more aftershocks are expected to hit Pohang, said Lee Mi-sun, the [...]