DAEJEON, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — A state-funded science institute on Sunday announced plans to start research on volcanic activities at Mount Paekdu, the highest peak on the Korean Peninsula, located along the North Korea-China border. A four-member team, set to be launched this month, will conduct the research in line with growing interest in [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is pushing to set up an inter-Korean joint volcano observatory at Mount Paekdu on the North Korean-Chinese border, officials in Seoul said Friday. The Korea Meteorological Administration has drawn up a medium- and long-term plan to establish a facility to observe volcanic activities on the mountain, together [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – A conference convened by the Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources in Insadong, Jongno District was attended by prominent volcanologists Clive Oppenheimer, Jiaqi Liu and Richard Stone on September 26. The attending scientists discussed the possibility of a volcanic eruption by Mt. Paektu, which has lain dormant since [...]