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 [...]
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 [...]