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 [...]
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 [...]