YESAN, Mar. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s longest suspension bridge has been built in Yesan County, South Chungcheong Province. Yesan will be holding the bridge’s opening ceremony at Yedang Reservoir on April 6. The county invested 10.5 billion won (US$9.2 million) to build the suspension bridge at Lake Yedang in December of last year. [...]
YESAN, South Korea, April 10 (Korea Bizwire) – A pair of storks that were released into the wild have hatched five chicks near a research center tasked with restoring the endangered bird in the country’s central region, marking the third consecutive year the bird has bred outside captivity in South Korea, the Yesan municipal government said Monday. A female stork named Gukhwang [...]
YESAN, May 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The first stork park in Korea, which will house 60 adult storks and 16 younglings, will open to the public on June 9 in Yesan County, Chungcheongnam-do. The stork park has a stork-associated cultural center, wetlands for birds, and nurturing centers on its 135,669㎡ site. The park was originally [...]