SAMCHEOK, July 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Samcheok in Gangwon Province has stepped out to make Samcheok Beach free of disposable products in order to resolve the issue of a surge in garbage every vacation season. As such, promotion booths will be set up around the beach between July 31 and Aug. 4, [...]
DAEJEON, June 26 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Institute of Energy Research has begun an empirical study on the establishment of a hydrogen and clean energy-based residential complex in the municipality of Samcheok, Gangwon Province. The institute will invest 16.6 billion won (US$13.8 million) to build necessary infrastructure for a hydrogen-powered residential area in Samcheok, [...]
SAMCHEOK, May 26 (Korea Bizewire) — Roses have returned to Oship Stream Rose Park in Samcheok, Gangwon Province. The city of Samcheok opened the 2020 Samcheok Rose Park on Saturday. While all performances and events that may involve physical contact have been cancelled, the park’s exhibitions and photo zones will remain open until June 7. [...]
SAMCHEOK, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The municipality of Samcheok in Gangwon Province plowed up canola flowers amid a rising influx of spring travelers, as part of efforts to limit the coronavirus outbreak. The measure comes after the cancellation of the annual canola festival and entry restrictions to the canola field. Cars entering the old [...]
SAMCHEOK, Feb. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Samcheok City in Gangwon Province is planning to install artificial intelligence (AI) robots that can easily retrieve recyclable resources, including cans and plastic bottles. The current recycling system is used to remove and transport cans along with scrap metal, and plastic bottles along with plastic. Contamination, such as damage [...]
SAMCHEOK, Aug. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Samcheok in Gangwon Province has announced plans to develop an energy trading village where residents will be able to buy and sell electricity among themselves. The target village is located within Jeongsang-dong, where solar power facilities are installed at 94 out of 200 households. To create [...]
SAMCHEOK, Jun. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — A trick art zone that uses augmented reality (AR) has been installed in a cable car that travels over Janghohang Port located in Samcheok, Gangwon Province. Visitors can use a smartphone application to take 3D photos of Janghohang Port, also known as Korea’s Naples. The app also allows users [...]
SAMCHEOK, Mar. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Samcheok in Gangwon Province, which opened the ‘Era of Cave Tourism’ by developing the Hwanseon cave, recently announced plans for the construction of a new suspension bridge. Samcheok plans to invest 3.5 billion won (US$3.1 million) in the project to transform the entire Tongri Valley into [...]
SAMCHEOK, South Korea, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – How does a summer retreat at a cooling cave sound? Korea’s largest limestone cave, Hwanseon Cave, needs no air conditioning. Its temperature remains between 12 and 24 degrees Celsius all summer. Located in Samcheok, some 290km east of the capital, the cave first opened to the public [...]
SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) – As a surprising number of local governing bodies around Korea are currently developing or planning cable car installations in their district to boost tourism, hoping to follow in the footsteps of a successful project in Tongyeong, several environmental organizations are opposing the idea, saying that the attractions are not without [...]