BUAN, South Korea, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – A search was under way for six people missing after a fishing boat with 11 people on board caught fire in waters off the southwestern coast on Thursday, the Coast Guard said. Five people were rescued. The 34-ton fishing vessel caught fire in waters near Buan, 204 [...]
PYEONGCHANG, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea National Park Service announced on February 7 that there has been an increase in exhaustion cases among the Korean goral, a class 1 endangered wild species, residing in the northeastern regions of Gangwon Province, including Inje, Gangneung, Sokcho, and Goseong, prompting intensified rescue operations. The Korean goral, an [...]
CHEONGJU, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — An abandoned dog was miraculously rescued after wandering onto a highway. Last week, local authorities received a report that a dog was loitering near the median strip of the Busan-bound Gyeongbu Expressway in Okcheon County, North Chungcheong Province. The dog could have been run over by a car at [...]
SANCHEONG, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Police succeeded in rescuing a missing elderly person with dementia using drones and search dogs. The elderly person in their 80s who lives in Sancheong County, South Gyeongsang Province went missing after going out to undergo medical treatment at a hospital last Sunday morning. The individual’s family was unable [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean marines rescued flood victims in Pohang at a number of different locations due to heavy rains brought on by Typhoon Hinnamnor. The Marine Corps’ 1st Division deployed two assault amphibious vehicles and 17 inflatable boats to carry out life-saving missions across the city. The marines transported some [...]
JINAN, June 1 (Korea Bizwire) — A baby flying squirrel, an endangered species that was found in a deserted building, recently returned to the wild after receiving medical treatment. Officials in North Jeolla Province said that two flying squirrels were found in a soon-to-be-demolished building in the southwestern county of Jinan last month. The squirrels [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The environment ministry said Wednesday it has signed an agreement with 10 public wildlife rescue centers to protect abandoned foreign animals. The agreement focuses on protecting abandoned foreign animals including raccoons, meerkats, foxes and prairie dogs. Based on the agreement, the ministry and regional governments will provide administrative and [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea plans to develop an artificial intelligence (AI)-based system that can accurately identify the number and location of people trapped in building fires, officials said Wednesday. The National Disaster Management Institute under the National Fire Agency announced that had formed a business agreement with KEPCO KDN Co., a [...]
GURYE, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Workers at Mount Jiri National Park released a flying squirrel back into the wild after rescuing and treating the endangered species. Earlier this month, a Buddhist monk found a flying squirrel worn out at his temple, and reported the case to the park’s wild animal protection agency. The agency [...]
INCHEON, Dec. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of raccoons being rescued in downtown Incheon is rising each year. Incheon’s Wildlife Rescue Center reported 38 raccoons rescued in the Incheon, west of Seoul, this year. After rescuing six raccoons in 2018, the number rose to 24 last year. This year, more raccoons appeared in the downtown area, [...]