SEOUL/POHANG, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — A 4.1 magnitude earthquake struck off the southeastern city of Pohang on Sunday, but there have been no reports of damage, meteorological officials said. The quake happened at 12:53 p.m. in waters 50 kilometers northeast of the port city at a depth of 21 km, officials at the Korea [...]
POHANG, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Pohang, North Gyeongsang Province will begin operating a generator that uses everyday waste to generate electricity starting next January. The city announced on Thursday that it has invested 153.4 billion won (US$137.1 million) to build the facility as part of a project that kicked off in [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — A plan to construct a biomass power plant in Pohang that would burn wood as its main fuel has been met with controversy. The city of Pohang, which signed an agreement to initiate the project, has taken a step back, citing public consent as a priority. The plant, which [...]
POHANG, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — A series of sightings of endangered otters, which have been designated by the government as a natural monument, was reported in the city of Pohang in North Gyeongsang Province. According to the city government of Pohang yesterday, an individual came across a dehydrated baby otter around three to four [...]
POHANG, Jan. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Pohang’s state-run part-time job search engine, which connects job seekers and employers with flexible working hours, has proven a success. According to the Pohang city government on Monday, the job portal dubbed ‘Jaturi (Spare) Time Exchange’ has been visited by over 7,000 people since its launch earlier this month. [...]
SEJONG, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The land ministry will conduct research and development to build structure exteriors that can better withstand earthquakes, officials said Tuesday. A magnitude 5.4 tremor in the southeastern city of Pohang on Nov. 15 showed a building’s outer surface falling apart, raising new safety concerns that current construction regulations do [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Two days after a 5.4-magnitude earthquake hit the southeastern city of Pohang, the dispute over decommissioning nuclear power plants is gaining new life. Environmental groups that support the current administration’s nuclear energy phaseout policy have based their arguments on the potential dangers posed by natural disasters like earthquakes. In [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – While the city of Pohang and its surrounding regions continue to deal with aftershocks from the 5.4-magnitude earthquake that struck the day before, the government delivered its own stunning blow by postponing the state-administered college entrance exam to November 23. Originally scheduled to take place on November 16, the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Built in the 7th century, Asia’s oldest observatory is still standing after an earthquake measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale rocked the nearby city of Pohang on November 15. In the aftermath of what geologists have identified as the second most powerful quake in South Korean history, the entire [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 1,500 residents have been left without homes and dozens are injured, with facility damage piling up after a magnitude 5.4 quake struck South Korea’s southeast a day earlier, authorities said Thursday. The rare earthquake, second-strongest since 1978, hit north of the port city of Pohang on Wednesday [...]