SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Environment has launched a project to bring back scarabs to South Korea, which disappeared in the 1970s. The ministry and the National Institute of Ecology (NIE) announced on Sunday that they recently brought 200 scarabs from Mongolia to restore their population. Scarabs, classified as Level II [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — A royal reception hall of the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) was opened to the public Wednesday after four years of restoration. Practically wrapping up the restoration of Heungbokjeon, an annex at Gyeongbok Palace, where King Gojong used to greet foreign delegations and study when he was on throne from 1863 [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries announced on Wednesday that it will embark on a project to restore the diverse ecosystem in the sea surrounding Dokdo Island. Since 2015, the ministry has been conducting various projects in the area. By the end of this month, the ministry will deploy [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The cultural heritage authorities said Thursday they will open to the public South Korea’s oldest and largest stone pagoda next week after 20 years of restoration. The National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage, along with the North Jeolla provincial government and the Iksan city government, is scheduled to hold [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean traditional paper, hanji, will be used to restore valuable work created by Leonardo Da Vinci, marking the 500th anniversary of his death next year. ICPAL, an international organization dedicated to the restoration and conservation of cultural heritage, announced on December 11 that it had decided to use hanji [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Environmental groups are calling for efforts to reintroduce otters to the ecosystem along the Han River, as such an initiative would signify the restoration of the natural ecology in the area. Five environmental groups including Green Korean United and the Seoul Federation for Environmental Movement jointly held a forum [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will restore part of the mudflat areas on the western coast over the next five years to raise public awareness of the wetland’s value and boost tourism in fishing towns, the oceans ministry said Monday. The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries said it will restore 14 mudflats [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – Restoration efforts for oriental storks began in 1996 when a pair of stork young was brought into the country from Russia’s Amur River basin. Oriental storks were once resident birds occasionally found on the Korean Peninsula, but their numbers dwindled towards the mid-20th century. Natural breeding of oriental storks [...]
BUSAN, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Catfish, which were influential in determining the promotion of bureaucrats in the Joseon Dynasty, will soon be returning to the Geum River, their original habitat. The National Marine Science Research Center this year is pushing ahead with a plan to breed catfish in a natural setting. Catfish means “The [...]
CHANGNYEONG, South Korea, Oct. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Changnyeong County’s eight-year restoration efforts for crested ibis are finally bearing fruit. The migratory birds, which are also designated as the 198th natural monument in Korea, once flourished on the peninsula, and were frequently seen between November and March. But they started disappearing from the country at the [...]