GONGJU, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s first solar village, where local residents jointly produce electricity and share the profits, is now online. The South Chungcheong Provincial Government built and started operating a solar power plant in Eomuli village in Gongju, 160 kilometers south of Seoul, through what is being called a ‘profit-sharing solar [...]
IKSAN, Nov. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The appearance of an otter, a sign of a healthy environment, served as welcome news on Thursday to the residents of the small village of Jangjeom in Iksan, North Jeolla Province. Jangjeom has been stigmatized as a ‘cancer village’ after a cluster of cancer patients emerged following the opening [...]
INJE, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A military-purpose bridge, which are typically installed temporarily to replace a broken bridge during wartime or to help troops cross a river, has been installed in a remote mountain village in Gangwon Province. About 70 soldiers from the engineer brigade under the Republic of Korea Army 3rd Corps installed [...]
PYEONGCHANG, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A village in Gangwon Province is drawing attention by launching a “shared shopping basket” campaign aimed at protecting the environment from micro-plastic problems and reducing the use of plastic bags to create a healthy environment. The movement, which will be joined by the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation (NACF) Daehwa [...]
SAMCHEOK, Aug. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Samcheok in Gangwon Province has announced plans to develop an energy trading village where residents will be able to buy and sell electricity among themselves. The target village is located within Jeongsang-dong, where solar power facilities are installed at 94 out of 200 households. To create [...]
JEUNGPYEONG, Aug. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Located in Jeungpyeong County, North Chungcheong Province, a “paste-ripening village” has become popular among foreign tourists who want to experience South Korea’s traditional culture. According to Jeungpyeong county, the village has seen a large increase in foreign tourists since last year after foreigners who visited the area started to [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Over 50,000 houses remained uninhabited in South Korea’s rural areas last year, agricultural ministry data released by a ruling party lawmaker showed Saturday. The number of empty rural houses was tallied at 50,801 as of August 2016, rising from 48,901 in 2014 and 48,685 in 2015, the data showed. [...]