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 [...]
POHANG/SEOUL, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — A rare 5.4-magnitude earthquake struck the southeastern city of Pohang on Wednesday afternoon, damaging buildings, breaking windows and sending people running from homes. Tremors were felt as far as Seoul hundreds of kilometers away. Fourteen people were hurt as of 7 p.m., firefighters said. Most suffered minor injuries while [...]
YEONGDEOK, Sept. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – Responding to a call at 6:45 a.m., officers of the Pohang Maritime Police Agency rushed to Ohpo Beach to help a stranded whale shark return to the water. The whale shark was 3.20 meters long and a girth of around 2 meters wide. Despite some small scars around its [...]
POHANG, Seoul (Korea Bizwire) – Jazz musicians from 14 different countries will take the stage at Chilpo Beach in Pohang for the 11th Chilpo Jazz Festival. Korean “jazz-punk” band jsfa and Japanese trio Fox Capture Plan will perform on September 22 to kick off the event. In addition, performances by American neo-soul artist Eric Benét [...]
POHANG, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — For the past five months, a fire has burned day and night in the heart of Pohang. Which is why the city announced on August 24 that it has begun the construction of a ring of fire-resistant glass and a platform around the fire in order to turn it [...]
POHANG, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – A team of engineers from Pohang University of Science and Technology has successfully developed so-called “bio-blood-vessels” using material extracted from the human body as a template for 3D printing. The team found that its printed blood vessels exhibited no problems in performing their desired function when implanted. The vessels [...]
POHANG, Jul. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Pohang has delivered its first baby identity card to a couple whose child was born one month ago. The baby identity cards have nothing to do with official identity cards for Koreans over 16 years old (17 in Korean age), and are unique to Pohang. The [...]