SEOUL, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Thursday decided to dispatch an emergency firefighting team to Canada to help the North American nation deal with raging wildfires across the country, Seoul’s foreign ministry said. The decision to send the Korea Disaster Relief Team (KDRT) of 151 workers — including firefighters, emergency workers and [...]
GANGNEUNG, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Heading straight to the site of the disaster, some 20 government officials received a distress call indicating that a wildfire had broken out in the eastern coastal city of Gangneung and was being fanned by strong winds toward Gyeongpodae Pavilion, a state-designated cultural treasure. The site of the fire [...]
SEOUL, March 6 (Korea Bizwire) — President Moon Jae-in on Sunday designated the eastern coastal area that has been ravaged by a massive wildfire as a special disaster zone, and vowed swift government support for the victims, his office said. The move came hours after Moon met with displaced people at a makeshift shelter in [...]
DAEJEON, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The government plans to establish a comprehensive wildfire prevention system using information and communications technology (ICT) including the introduction of a 3D-based wildfire spread prediction system that can reproduce detailed three-dimensional models of mountainous terrain. The Korea Forest Service (KFS) recently announced the launch of a comprehensive wildfire prevention [...]
GOSEONG, Apr. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The misbehavior of some outsiders in the fire ravaged areas of Gangwon Province is making it difficult for the victims. According to residents of the forest fire-stricken area of Sokcho and Goseong County in Gangwon Province on Monday, some outsiders came to the village and took pictures of houses [...]
GANGNEUNG, Apr. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Government officials in Gangwon Province are being lauded for their heroic efforts after they rushed to a zoo that was nearly burned to ashes by a forest fire that broke out in Gangwon Province on April 4, guiding animals to safety before firefighters arrived on scene. According to the [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Since a major forest fire broke out in Goseong, Gangwon Province on April 4, fake news related to the fire has spread widely on the Internet. Recently, on YouTube and other Internet communities, people can easily find posts blaming the fire on the Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO), saying, [...]
GOSEONG, Apr. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — According to livestock industry sources in Gangwon Province on Monday, a cow gave birth to healthy twin calves as a wildfire raged in the early morning of April 5. The cattle farmer and residents who heard of the birth welcomed the news with one heart, saying that it was [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – More than 400 homes and 920 livestock facilities were confirmed to have been burned in a devastating forest fire that raged through east coastal regions this past week, government data showed Sunday, as more damage has been discovered after the blaze was brought under control. The fire, which started [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — President Moon Jae-in designated the eastern areas engulfed by a recent blaze as a special disaster zone Saturday, a move that will expedite the government’s support to the affected areas and their residents. Five cities and counties in Gangwon Province — the counties of Goseong, Inje and Sokcho, as [...]