JEONJU, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — By 2090, climate change could enable the cultivation of subtropical crops such as tea trees for green tea and olive trees in regions as far north as Gangwon Province, according to projections released by the Rural Development Administration (RDA) on Wednesday. Expanding Cultivation Areas Currently, tea trees are grown [...]
POHANG, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – In a series of unusual sightings that experts say may be linked to climate change, several subtropical marine species have been spotted in the waters off Pohang, a coastal city in North Gyeongsang Province. On August 26, local fishermen reported seeing a pod of false killer whales in the sea [...]
SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) — More mangos and olives, once comprising a majority of imported fruits and vegetables, are being grown in South Korea. The Rural Development Agency (RDA) reported Sunday that as of last month, subtropical fruits and vegetables are currently being grown by 1,376 farms across 311.4 hectares of land. The amount [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Cutlassfish that normally live in the warmer seas south of the Korean peninsula have appeared near the coast of Sokcho, Gangneung Province. In the northern county of Goseong, a fisherman caught a spearfish, another kind of tropical fish. These sightings are evidence that the Korean peninsula is turning into [...]
CHEONGJU, Apr. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Technological work has begun to develop 17 types of functional subtropical vegetables and 11 types of fruit trees, including chayote, papaya, apple mango and noni, suitable for growing in North Chungcheong Province. Chungcheongbuk-do Agricultural Research and Extension Services announced on Wednesday that it has established a master plan to [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The effects of climate change are being felt in the fruit section of the supermarket, where consumers will increasingly come face to face with a 21st Century oddity: homegrown papaya and bananas. Recent research by the Rural Development Agency has revealed that not only will “Grown in South Korea” [...]
CHEONAN, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – This year, farmers in Cheonan have succeeded in cultivating passion fruit, a subtropical fruit, and have started harvesting their produce. According to the Cheonan Agricultural Technology Center, and the farms that are cultivating the fruit, an average of 100 to 150 fruits are grown a week, and all of [...]