SEOUL, Feb. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean relief team sent to Turkey earlier this month to support rescue work following the devastating earthquake there returned home Saturday, Seoul’s foreign ministry said. The 118-member Korea Disaster Relief Team arrived at Seoul Air Base in Seongnam, just south of the capital, at 7 a.m., according [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The first group of members of the Korea Disaster Relief Team (KDRT) is returning to safety after an extensive search and rescue mission at the site of the earthquake in Turkey. To thank them for their efforts, local residents have delivered gestures of appreciation. Local Turkish residents visited the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A new team of South Korean relief workers arrived in Turkey on Friday to help the country reeling from the aftermath of a devastating earthquake, Seoul’s foreign ministry said. A military transport aircraft carrying the country’s second relief team arrived at the Adana Airport at 6 a.m. (local time). [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean rescue dogs are gaining attention in Turkey as they continue their search and rescue operations at the site of the earthquake despite foot injuries. TRT Haber, a Turkish state broadcaster, spotlighted the rescue efforts made by the rescue dogs in an article titled “3 Korean Rescue Dogs Continue [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans are showing compassion through unending support for the victims of the recent earthquake in Turkey. Relief donations from all over the country were gathered in a logistics center in Incheon in response to a call for help from the Turkish Embassy in Seoul. The donations included thick [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — A firestorm of controversy was ignited after a high-ranking Chinese diplomat made a false claim that a landmark bridge in Turkey had been built by a Chinese company. Chinese Consul General in Belfast Meifang Zhang tweeted on Monday, claiming that “The Canakkale Bridge has withstood the earthquake. It was [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The devastating earthquake that occurred in Turkey and Syria last week turned out to have impacted not only the South Korean landmass but also its underground water levels. A research team from the Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources detected a change in the underground water levels at [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Illustrations by a South Korean artist depicting condolences and solidarity is gaining attention after the devastating earthquake that swept through Turkey and Syria. Cartoon illustrator Myung Min-ho on Friday posted his artworks on Instagram as a gesture of condolence to the victims of the earthquake in Turkey. The post [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — President Yoon Suk Yeol instructed the government Monday to mobilize all available resources to secure maximum relief supplies for quake-hit Turkey, his office said. Yoon gave the instruction during a weekly meeting with his senior secretaries, saying South Korea must be more eager than anyone to help Turkey recover [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Several more South Korean big companies joined the nationwide efforts Monday to help Turkey and Syria recover from the devastating earthquakes. Hanwha Group, an energy-to-defense conglomerate, said it was donating US$700,000 to the two countries through the Korean Red Cross to help support the recovery efforts. S-Oil Corp., a [...]