SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The government plans to open up 1,201 uninhabited islands designated as ‘usable’ for fishing and camping with pets. The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries plans to legislate a newly revised law that lifts restrictions on uninhabited islands to allow public use such as fishing, exempting them from the list [...]
INCHEON, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Incheon’s coastal areas and uninhabited islands that are found in surveillance system blind spots are being inundated with thousands of pieces of garbage. Green Korea United (GKU), a civic activist group, said Thursday that it had detected and collected 6,845 pieces of garbage such as plastic and styrofoam as [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — A high-definition optical satellite will be used from next year to detect styrofoam waste, the main culprit behind the pollution of the marine environment on uninhabited islands, a state-run research institute said Sunday. South Korea has about 2,800 uninhabited islands. It has been difficult to get a grasp of [...]
SEOUL, July 23 (Korea Bizwire) – The government has formulated a plan to encourage the use of uninhabited islands by installing a variety of convenience facilities such as toilets and convenience stores there as well as loosening regulations that have restricted their development. The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries announced on Wednesday that it had [...]