YEONGAM, Aug.12 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean municipality of Yeongam has confirmed two court rulings from the Japanese colonial era, which reveal that local residents who exposed the forced recruitment of comfort women by the Japanese military were criminally punished. The incidents, which occurred in 1938, shortly after the start of the Second Sino-Japanese [...]
YEONGAM, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – Yeongam County in South Jeolla Province is rolling out a comprehensive plan to support children from infancy through to university, offering up to 262 million won per child in phased support. The initiative aims to make Yeongam an ideal place to raise children, with the plan emerging from a review [...]
YEONGAM, Jun. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Samho Heavy Industry (HSHI) and the Yeongam Health Center signed an MoU on June 3 to develop a clean work place without smoking by establishing a fund to support the project. Both sides will operate a fund of 15 million won (US$ 13,540), established by 150 people paying [...]
Yeongam, Apr. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – A fire station in Yeongam has developed an emergency fire hydrant which is as effective as a pump truck, in order to allow citizens in remote areas of Yeongam to take faster action in fighting fires before fire trucks arrive at the scene. Yeongam Fire Station said on April 16 [...]
MUAN, South Korea, Aug 19 (Korea Bizwire) – The ‘KMF Korea Road Race Championship 3000,’ Korea’s largest motorcycle competition, was successfully held at the Yeongam F1 race track on August 18 with more than 1,500 spectators in attendance. This year’s event featured participants going neck-and-neck right to the finish line. Racers used their superb cornering [...]