Anti-disaster Agency Shifts to Emergency Footing as Typhoon Approaches Korea

SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters on Monday shifted to an emergency footing as Typhoon Francisco, the season’s eighth typhoon, is forecast to pass through the Korean Peninsula after landing on the country’s southern coast on Tuesday night, government officials said. The anti-disaster agency affiliated with the Ministry [...]