SEJONG, Oct. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Endangered Seoul pond frogs (pelophylax chosenicus) that were captured and released during the development of Sejong New Town’s Central Park have seen their population plummet by more than 90 percent in the past two or three years. According to the Geumgang Watershed Environment Office and LH’s (Korea Land & [...]
HWASEONG, Korea, Feb. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Four people were dead and another injured Friday after a shooting rampage in this city south of Seoul, authorities said. Police said they received a phone call around 9:30 a.m., saying the caller’s relative had shot a gun in a two-story residence in the central Hwaseong district of [...]
SEJONG, Korea, Feb. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – An identified gunman shot three people to death with a shotgun at a convenience store in Sejong city, de facto administrative capital of South Korea, on the morning of February 25. A rescue team transported the three wounded, including the owner of the shop, his father and a [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Sep 06 (Korea Bizwire) – Upcoming September 8 is the 48th International Literacy Day as proclaimed by UNESCO in 1965. To commemorate the anniversary, the UNESCO headquarters in Paris will hold a variety of events to remind us of the importance of literacy and adult education. One of such events will be a [...]