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 [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) –South Korea’s disaster relief team operating in quake-struck Turkey has rescued two more survivors, bringing the total number of people it saved to eight, Seoul’s foreign ministry said Sunday. The team pulled to safety a 17-year-old man and his 51-year-old mother from the same building in Antakya at 7:18 p.m. [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean athletes who have played for professional teams in Turkey have turned to social media in a bid to help the victims of the recent earthquakes that devastated the country. Volleyball star Kim Yeon-koung shared posts about the earthquake three times on her Instagram account. “Help Turkey!” she said, [...]