SEOUL, July 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean drivers will now be able to use a voice recognition system in their navigation apps to report an animal injury caused by a car accident without having to make a phone call. The Ministry of Interior and Safety and South Chungcheong Province began testing the ‘Roadkill Reporting [...]
SEOUL, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Environment will be joining hands with the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport as well as members of civil society to decrease the number of roadkill accidents that occur on the nation’s thoroughfares. The Ministry of Environment announced yesterday that it was developing new guidelines, in [...]
SEOUL, May 18 (Korea Bizwire) — According to the Korea Expressway Corporation, highway roadkill accidents are typically most frequent in May and June. In addition, there were an average of 2,180 cases of roadkill per year between 2013 and 2017. Water deer were affected the most, accounting for a staggering 89 percent of all roadkill [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – The latest data from the Seoul Metropolitan Government has revealed that roughly 5,000 stray cats are killed on Seoul roads each year, making up 80 percent of all roadkill accidents in the city. From 2014 to the first half of 2016, 17,036 animals were killed from car accidents in [...]
SEOUL, Korea, July 24 (Korea Bizwire) – For the first time, Hyundai Motor will sponsor the establishment of the Korean Roadkill Prevention Association (KRPA). Hyundai Motors held the opening ceremony at the KRPA on July 23 in Ulsan. The KRPA, an environment organization that specializes in animal protection from traffic accidents, will try to reduce [...]