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Tongyeong Receives Child Safety Award for Innovative Oyster Shell Sidewalks

Tongyeong Receives Child Safety Award for Innovative Oyster Shell Sidewalks

TONGYEONG, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – The city of Tongyeong in South Gyeongsang Province has been honored with the Presidential Prize at the 13th Child Safety Awards organized by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety.  The city’s innovative use of oyster shell-based paving stones for children’s school routes played a pivotal role in securing this [...]

Abandoned School Transforms into Stray Cat Sanctuary in Picturesque Tongyeong

Abandoned School Transforms into Stray Cat Sanctuary in Picturesque Tongyeong

TONGYEONG, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — An abandoned school situated on an island in the picturesque locale of Tongyeong, South Korea, has undergone a remarkable transformation. Related: Closed School Transformed into Cat Park in Tongyeong, Naples of Asia This former school has been lovingly repurposed into a welcoming sanctuary for stray cats who had nowhere else [...]

Oyster Shells Upcycled into High-value Resources for Thermoelectric Power Plants

Oyster Shells Upcycled into High-value Resources for Thermoelectric Power Plants

CHANGWON, Nov. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — A new production facility will be set up to upcycle oyster shells into high-value resources. South Gyeongsang provincial office said Monday that the city of Tongyeong will invest 15 billion won (US$12.6 million) to build an oyster shell recycling facility in the Beopsong General Industrial Complex by 2023. The [...]

Tongyeong Unveils Plans for Innovative Online Fisheries Market

Tongyeong Unveils Plans for Innovative Online Fisheries Market

TONGYEONG, June 5 (Korea Bizwire) – The City Government of Tongyeong, a beautiful coastal city located in South Gyeongsang province, announced on Thursday that it won the bid for the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries’ project to establish an online seafood purchasing system (Cam Market). This project is aimed at simplifying the distribution structure by ensuring direct [...]

Tongyeong Launches Drone Delivery Project

Tongyeong Launches Drone Delivery Project

TONGYEONG, March 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Tongyeong in South Gyeongsang Province will push for a project to set up local area drone delivery services. The project is aimed at building delivery infrastructure by using drones in logistics blind spots such as mountainous areas or islands where it is difficult to receive mail [...]

Opportune Time for Farms as Temperatures Rise

Opportune Time for Farms as Temperatures Rise

TONGYEONG, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The farms in Korea’s southern Tongyeong region have become highly profitable by growing subtropical crops. This is due, in part, to the current temperatures that are 4.5 degrees above the norm for this season. The city government of Tongyeong revealed yesterday that local farms were able to harvest high [...]