SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea plans to offer US$5 million in emergency humanitarian assistance to Turkey and dispatch a total of around 110 workers to support its search and rescue work following a devastating earthquake earlier this week, according to Seoul’s foreign ministry Tuesday. It will also deliver medical supplies to Turkey, [...]
SEOUL, May 13 (Korea Bizwire) — A new system has been established to allow rescue workers to verify on-site information on a real-time basis when they are dispatched to fire or disaster sites. The National Fire Agency said Thursday it had completed and launched the on-site support system at the fire service headquarters in 18 [...]
JEUNGPYEONG, May 10 (Korea Bizwire) — On April 2, Kang Yeon-hui, a 51-year-old female paramedic from the Iksan Fire Station, was hit in the head by a drunken man in his 40s. Four days later, Kang was hospitalized after suffering from vomiting and dizziness before undergoing surgery for cerebral hemorrhage and pulmonary angioneurotic edema. She [...]
SEOUL, May 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Fire Agency vowed Thursday to not tolerate violence against rescue workers after a female firefighter died of a stroke believed to be linked to stress from verbal and physical abuse she suffered from a drunken man. The 51-year-old rescue worker, Kang Yeon-hee, died Tuesday, about a month [...]