ANDONG, May 21 (Korea Bizwire) — In an apartment in Andong, North Gyeongsang Province, residents have been raising a pet pig weighing 300 kilograms, prompting administrative authorities to rescue the pig. The rescue came at the request of the pig’s owners, who were unable to bring the pig out of their home due to its [...]
SEOUL, May 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Animal activists who rescued 60 dogs that had been left at a dog farm held a press conference at the fifth exit of the National Assembly building in Seoul at noon on May 11 and demanded that the government take responsibility and protect rescued animals that need emergency relief. [...]
INCHEON, Mar. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — A cat stuck up in a 15-meter-tall tree near a local park in the city of Incheon for three straight days has been rescued by firefighters. On Tuesday afternoon, 119 received a call from an Incheon resident who said that a cat was found hanging on to a tree [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Maritime Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (NMPNT) Office announced on Sunday that 243 people were rescued at sea last year thanks to Haeroad, a South Korean maritime safety application. Haeroad was first released in August 2014 to provide assistance to small fishing boats and leisure vessels that are [...]
DONGHAE, Dec. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Tension swept over the city of Donghae, Gangwon Province last Friday when Green Korea and group of veterinarians entered a small farm to rescue three Asiatic black bears caged behind iron bars. The anxious bears were anesthetized before they were brought out by Green Korea activists to be taken [...]
HONGCHEON, Oct. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Firefighters withstood intense heat strong enough to melt their steel helmets to save a 3-year-old child trapped inside a raging fire. Having lost consciousness after breathing in smoke, the child was quickly transferred to a hospital where he regained consciousness. In the process of the rescue, one firefighter suffered [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The Association of Korean Otter Conservation (AKOC) and the Korea National Park Service Species Restoration Technology Institute (KNPS-SRTI) released a year-and-a-half-old otter back to the wild on Thursday. The otter was rescued in July of last year near the Soyang River, when it was found separated from its family. [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — An animal rights organization has rescued 200 dogs by helping a dog farm owner change his profession. Humane Society International (HSI), an international animal protection agency, said on Thursday that a dog farm owner in Gyeonggi Province made a request to have his dogs rescued and receive assistance to [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Busan Coast Guard reported that a man who went scuba diving off the coast of Busan was rescued after being lost at sea for 20 hours. He was carried by a strong tide 66 kilometers to the northeast. When found, the man was desperately holding on to a buoy. [...]
ICHEON, Aug. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — On Monday, four kittens trapped inside an underground drain system in Icheon, Gyeonggi Province were saved by a team of firefighters. One neighborhood resident heard kittens crying near the outdoor drain system beneath the ground while walking within the Janghowon-eup Sports Center compound before calling emergency rescue workers for [...]