SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Jeon Hong-seop, 68, still remembers an old story that his grandmother told him when he was young about his family’s desperate escape from their hometown in Asan, South Chungcheong Province. It was in the midst of the January Fourth Retreat during the blisteringly cold winter of 1951, some six [...]
YONGIN, Jun. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The only remaining polar bear in South Korea, which has been living in a zoo south of Seoul for more than two decades, will move to a wildlife park in Britain later this year, zoo officials said Monday. The planned relocation of the bear, named Tongki, from the Everland [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Stray cats are not usually associated with local elections, but as animal welfare gains more prominence as a social issue, the furry creatures are creating ripples in the upcoming election. This is especially true in the case of the street cats left behind at a large apartment complex in [...]