SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul Grand Park, one of the biggest parks in the Seoul metropolitan area, posted a video of a female seal’s motherly love on Tuesday. Female seals are well known for their strong affection towards their offspring. Youngshim, a female seal from Seoul Grand Park, is particularly caring for her [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul Grand Park’s old Ocean Hall, once popular in the 1980s and 1990s for its dolphin shows, has been renovated into a platform to raise awareness about animal welfare and the marine ecosystem. The park held an online opening ceremony on Tuesday via YouTube, changing the hall’s name to [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul Grand Park, one of the biggest parks in the Seoul metropolitan area, is set to reopen its indoor zoo this month after it was closed due to the new coronavirus, officials said Saturday. The park’s indoor zoo and botanical garden will run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean zoo said Tuesday it will closely work with the Bukit Merah Orangutan Island Foundation, a Malaysian body dedicated to the care of the orangutan, to preserve the animal species. As part of the effort, the zoo at Seoul Grand Park in Gwacheon, just south of Seoul, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — A zoo displayed four Siberian tiger siblings, born in May this year, to the public on Friday as part of efforts to preserve the endangered species. The cubs were born at the zoo of Seoul Grand Park to a couple of Siberian tigers with internationally accredited pedigrees — a [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – A male elephant previously known to be healthy and housed at Seoul Grand Park, a popular zoo in South Korea, died suddenly on Sunday, zoo officials revealed yesterday. The Asian elephant named Gazaba, born in 2004 in Sri Lanka, had made the zoo its home since 2010 when it [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Officials at Seoul Grand Park Zoo have decided to adopt 51 local stray cats that have been living on the premises into the zoo’s family. Stray cats at the zoo had not been officially recognized by zoo authorities previously despite having lived there for a while, until officials announced [...]
SEOUL, March 11 (Korea Bizwire) – The bears at Seoul Grand Park have been living in an empty cage with cold concrete floor, but recent changes will offer them a much improved living environment. Their habitat at the zoo has recently been renovated to provide a more natural environment featuring dirt, grass, and pools to swim [...]
SEOUL, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) – To provide visitors with a ‘smart’ tour experience, Seoul Grand Park is launching a mobile application service using Internet of Things (IoT) technology. The popular park announced that it will launch the ‘Seoul Grand Park Mobile App’ service from March 7. Information on various locations in the park will be provided [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) - Hyundai Motor and the Seoul Metropolitan Government have opened a new car-themed playground at Seoul Grand Park. The car manufacturer opened the children’s theme park, called ‘Cha-car Cha-car playground’, at Seoul Grand Park on October 29. The playground is part of a donation made by Hyundai Motor as the [...]