ULSAN, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – The coastal city of Ulsan kicked off its 28th annual Whale Festival on September 26, transforming the Jangsaengpo Whale Culture Special Zone into a vibrant celebration of the region’s unique maritime heritage. Running through September 29, the festival, the only one of its kind in South Korea dedicated to whale [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – In a fusion of environmental activism and classical music, Korean composer Cho Younje, 34, is set to premiere his latest work, “Whale,” at the KNSO International Academy Gala Concert COLORFUL on August 20 at the Lotte Concert Hall in Seoul. The piece, which aims to sonically portray the suffering of [...]
SEOUL, April 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Naver Corp., South Korea’s dominant internet portal and search engine, said Tuesday it aims to lead the local web browser market with its own product named Whale in three years. Whale — a Chromium-based web browser released in October 2017 — is the fourth mostly used web browsing tool [...]
JEJU, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The skeleton of a fin whale, towering up to four stories in height, will reveal itself from the ground after a 14-month wait. The Folklore and Natural History Museum of Jeju Special Self-Governing Province announced Monday that it will dig up the bones of a fin whale, temporarily buried [...]
JEJU, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — A group of mammal researchers conducted an autopsy on the dead body of a 12.6-meter-long fin whale at a port on South Korea’s largest island of Jeju on Friday, the first case in the country of a whale longer than 10 meters being examined to discover the cause of [...]
SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Naver Corp., South Korea’s dominant Internet portal and search engine, said Friday that it has rolled out the mobile version of its latest web browser. The PC version of “Whale” initially debuted in October 2017. The browser features omnitasking — a split-screen function that allows users to browse two websites in the same tab. [...]
ULSAN, Jun. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — A new whale-themed 3D movie theater is set to open soon at Jangsaengpo in Ulsan, with the new complex boasting large circular screens that covering all of the interior walls, giving visitors a virtual experience of exploring the deep sea and observing whales up close. The ‘5D’ whale-watching theater can [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean animal rights activists called on Norway to stop its whale hunt in a rally in Seoul timed with the start of its annual whaling season. Members of the coalition comprising the Coexistence of Animal Rights on Earth, the Korean Animal Welfare Association and the Hotpink Dolphins staged the [...]
SEOUL, March 17 (Korea Bizwire) – A female killer whale and calf have been recently spotted in waters off the southeastern coast of South Korea, a local research institute said Friday. The pair was seen in waters off Uljin, North Gyeongsang Province, Wednesday, a spokesman for the National Institute of Fisheries Science said. The last [...]
ULSAN, Feb. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – One of two dolphins recently brought to Korea from Japan died Monday only five days after relocating to its new home at Ulsan’s Whale Experience Hall. According to officials, who announced the death on Tuesday, the dolphin died at 9:15 p.m. on Monday. The five-year-old dolphin left Taiji, Wakayama [...]