SEOUL, Jul. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean Ministry of Environment and POSCO DX have joined forces in an innovative environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiative aimed at reducing wildlife-vehicle collisions on the country’s roads. On July 26, the two entities signed a memorandum of understanding at POSCO DX’s Pangyo office in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province. [...]
SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) — POSCO DX Co., a unit of South Korea’s leading steelmaker POSCO, said Wednesday it would develop a roadkill prevention system for wild animals that incorporates artificial intelligence (AI) technology in tandem with the Korea National Park Service. The company, formerly POSCO ICT Co., will set up LiDAR sensors around [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 40,000 animals have died in roadkill accidents in Korea over the past three years, data showed Sunday. The National Institute of Ecology reported that some 43,660 animals were reported as victims of roadkill between 2019 and 2021. Among them, 29,349 were elks, accounting for 67.2 percent of [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The government on Tuesday announced plans to install fences and LED signs on major roads to prevent roadkill. An average of 21,536 animals were killed on the raod in South Korea every year from 2017 to 2021. Last year reached a new high with 37,261 roadkills reported. Most of [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s Songpa District said Wednesday that it has introduced a new service to find the owners of pets killed in traffic accidents. The district will check for identification tags or chips before removing the deceased pet from the road to locate and deliver the pet to its owner. Previously, [...]
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 [...]