SEOUL, July 31 (Korea Bizwire) — With the summer heat reaching 35 degrees Celsius on Sunday, leading to a nationwide heat wave warning, the country’s popular beaches and festivals teemed with vacationers. Busan’s Haeundae Beach welcomed 270,000 visitors while Gwangalli Beach received 140,000 people on the previous day. The city’s seven public beaches, in total, [...]
GEOJE, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A handful of fish farms in Geoje, South Gyeongsang Province, released a number of fish fry into the sea in a desperate bid to prevent massive deaths from hot sea water temperatures. A total of three fish farms with floating cages within the waters of the district released a [...]
TONGYEONG, Aug. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Gyeongsang Province’s southern coast is on alert as the scorching summer heat continues to wreak havoc on fish farms. The city of Tongyeong, which has the highest concentration of fish farms in the province, reported that some 890,000 fish had perished at 12 fish farms between August 2 [...]
SEOUL/BUSAN, July 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Unionized parcel delivery workers are demanding better working conditions to cope with the intense summer heat, saying several couriers collapsed in the scorching weather this week. According to the Parcel Delivery Workers’ Solidarity Union, a 57-year-old courier at a Lotte Global Logistics terminal in Busan, 450 kilometers southeast of [...]
SEOUL, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s retail industry is preparing to deal with the upcoming summer heat. E-commerce grocer Market Kurly introduced new packaging this month that includes more ice packs and dry ice for refrigerated products. “We are using some 100 kinds of packaging methods to ensure that the food is delivered [...]
CHEONGJU, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean zoos are struggling as sweltering summer heat continues to sweep across the country. Only 20 people visited the Cheongju Zoo in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province on Aug. 21 due to the scorching heat. Animals were nowhere to be seen as they stayed indoors to avoid the sun. [...]
SEOUL, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Scorching summer temperatures can be a serious risk to industrial workers. With this in mind, the government is working on initiatives to protect industrial workers from the summer heat. According to the Korea Occupational Safety & Health Agency (KOSHA) on Monday, the number of industrial workers who suffered from [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Sweltering heat pushed Seoul’s temperature to the second-highest level on record on Tuesday, with the mercury forecast to rise further, weather authorities said. South Korea’s capital city recorded a temperature of 38.3 degrees Celsius at 3:19 p.m., the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) said. It marks the second highest temperature [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — With the mercury hitting highs of around 36 degrees Celsius, a sweltering heat wave that has stricken South Korea is now costing the lives of thousands of animals across the country. According to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC), over 1,200 people fell ill due to [...]