SEOUL, March. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The ongoing wildfires in east coastal mountain areas have so far burned nearly 24,000 hectares of woodland since they started a week ago, becoming the country’s most devastating on record, a government agency said Friday. The blaze that started in the east coastal town of Uljin last Friday, about [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 100 quakes were detected on the Korean Peninsula and its surrounding waters in 2018, the third most for a year, the state weather agency said Sunday. The outbreaks of seismic activities totaled 115 in 2018, according to the data by the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA). It is [...]
SEOUL, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) – A new record was set when the amount of salmon caught last year, 488 tons in total, was found to be greatest ever caught in Korean history. The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries reported on May 23 that the new record was announced at the 24th Annual Conference of the [...]
CHUNGDO, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Gangchang the fighting bull has set a new record. The bull is one of the strongest contestants in Cheongdo bullfighting. Cheongdo bullfighting is one of the representative traditional events of the region, which goes back 1,000 years. The event has its origins in the tradition farming culture of the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – A record number of people traveled through Incheon International Airport, South Korea’s main gateway, over the Lunar New Year’s holiday that ends Wednesday, the airport said. This year, the holiday lasted five days, including the weekend, prompting a large number of people to travel at home and abroad. Between [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – A film about South Korean mountaineers has set a new Christmas Day record with more than 700,000 viewers, data showed Monday. A total of 746,413 people watched the movie directed by Lee Seok-hoon, breaking the previous record of 640,624 set by “The Attorney” in 2013, data by the Korean [...]