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Trudeau Thanks S. Korean Firefighting Team for Wildfire Operations

Trudeau Thanks S. Korean Firefighting Team for Wildfire Operations

SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has expressed his gratitude to a South Korean emergency firefighting team dispatched a month ago to assist the North American nation in dealing with raging wildfires. The Korea Disaster Relief Team, comprised of 152 workers, including firefighters, emergency workers and medical personnel, was sent [...]

Wildfires on East Coast Burn Nearly 24,000 ha of Woodland, Most Devastating on Record

Wildfires on East Coast Burn Nearly 24,000 ha of Woodland, Most Devastating on Record

SEOUL, March. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The ongoing wildfires in east coastal mountain areas have so far burned nearly 24,000 hectares of woodland since they started a week ago, becoming the country’s most devastating on record, a government agency said Friday. The blaze that started in the east coastal town of Uljin last Friday, about [...]