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Exhibition at COEX lets South Jeolla Province showcase sea salt

A sea salt farmer in Amtae Island in Shinan County, South Jeolla Province, shovels sea salt at a local sea salt farm, October 2021. Korea Times fileExhibition promotes benefits of mineralBy Ko Dong-hwanAn annual exhibition at COEX in Seoul this week has become South Jeolla Province's chance to show off one of its representative products. That product is sea salt, produced by the evaporation of ocean water.Sea salt has more uses than seasoning for food. It can promote oral hygiene, heal respiratory organs and provide beauty care by spreading on scalp or other body parts.Organizers of the Salt Exhibition 2023 held Wednesday to Saturday, describe sea salt produced on the southwestern coastal mudflats as “jewels made by the sky, ocean and wind.” Jointly hosted by the South Jeolla provincial government, county governments of Yeonggwang and Shinan, and the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, the exhibition aims to promote the exceptional taste and quality of the region's sea salt to consumers around the world. Yeonggwang and Shinan are the key districts that produce sea salt.Ther

Aug 15, 2023By Ko Dong-hwan
Exhibition at COEX lets South Jeolla Province showcase sea salt
Environment & Animals

Heat wave to return following typhoon

A medical worker at a COVID-19 testing center in Buk District in Gwangju cools off in front of a portable air conditioning device, Friday. After Typhoon Khanun passed, people in the city experienced another heat wave. Courtesy of Buk District OfficeBy Ko Dong-hwanWith Typhoon Khanun moving away from the country early Friday, a sweltering heat wave is forecast to return on Saturday. According to the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA), temperatures will start rising nationwide, Saturday, due to high humidity from heavy rain caused by the typhoon. The mixture of high humidity and rising temperatures will prompt extreme heat in certain regions. In Seoul and Gwangju, the highest temperatures will be 32 degrees Celsius and the lowest will be 24 degrees Celsius starting Sunday, while Gangneung in Gangwon Province will also see a high of 30 degrees Celsius and a low of 23 degrees Celsius during the same period. While the temperatures peak in certain regions, much of the country will largely see clear skies with some clouds throughout the following week, the authority added.Showers hav

Aug 11, 2023By Ko Dong-hwan
Heat wave to return following typhoon
Society

SRT bullet train expands service with new destinations

An SRT train approaches a platform at Suseo Station in southern Seoul, December 2022. YonhapBy Ko Dong-hwanStarting next month, the high-speed Super Rapid Train (SRT) will expand its service by adding new routes connecting Suseo in southern Seoul with Changwon and Jinju in South Gyeongsang, Yeosu of South Jeolla Province and Pohang in North Gyeongsang Province. The cities are currently served by KTX bullet trains starting from Seoul Station or Yongsan Station in central Seoul. On Friday, SR, the operator of SRT, opened ticket reservations for the new routes, which will begin operations on Sept. 1. Each new line will operate two roundtrips a day.The expansion will add 14 new destinations to the system's 18 existing stations. Seven municipalities in North and South Jeolla provinces comprise stations for the Jeolla Line and six in North and South Gyeongsang provinces for the Gyeongjeon Line. Pohang Station is the only one newly launched on the Donghae Line. The addition has expanded SRT's existing service network that uses the Gyeongbu Line ending in Busan and the Honam Line ending in

Aug 11, 2023By Ko Dong-hwan
SRT bullet train expands service with new destinations
Environment & Animals

Typhoon Khanun rips through Korean Peninsula

Rescue workers search for missing residents in an inundated area of a village in Daegu, Thursday, when heavy rainfall and strong winds from Typhoon Khanun caused flooding, landslides and extensive facility damage across the nation. YonhapOne man dies, another goes missing in Daegu By Ko Dong-hwanTyphoon Khanun, which passed through the Korean Peninsula, Thursday, killed one and left another missing, while bringing heavy rain and strong winds that disrupted sea, air and railway operations. A 67-year-old man was found dead beneath a bridge in Daegu around 1 p.m., according to authorities, while another man in a wheelchair went missing after falling into another flooded stream in the same city at 1:45 p.m.In addition, dozens of people were rescued nationwide after being trapped in flooded roads and rivers, while a woman in her 30s in Buyeo, South Chungcheong Province, was struck by a falling tree and taken to a hospital. In Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province, a powerful gust of water pushed a manhole grate through the bottom of a bus that was idling over it. A flooded sewer system appa

Aug 10, 2023By Ko Dong-hwan
Typhoon Khanun rips through Korean Peninsula
  • PHOTOS Typhoon Khanun hits Korea
  • Typhoon causes over 360 cases of facility, flooding damage
  • Yoon orders swift, sufficient support for people who suffered damage in typhoon
Environment & Animals

Powerful typhoon to pass through Korea Thursday

Navy warships move into Incheon Port, Wednesday, to avoid possible damage Typhoon Khanun, which is forecast to hit the country's southern coast, Thursday morning. YonhapSea, air travel routes suspendedBy Ko Dong-hwanKorea is scrambling to brace for the rapidly approaching Typhoon Khanun, which is expected to make landfall on the southern coast on Thursday morning, carrying heavy rains and strong winds nationwide.According to the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA), Wednesday, the entire country is expected to be under the influence of the strong storm throughout the day. Typhoon Khanun is forecast to pass through South Korea and reach North Korea on Friday morning.Reaching southern waters 120 kilometers south of Tongyeong, South Gyeongsang Province, at about 3 a.m., Thursday, the weather agency forecast Khanun will move past Jeju Island and make initial contact with the mainland near the Tongyeong about six hours later. As of Thursday morning, the typhoon is forecast to carry strong winds of 119 to 158 kilometers per hour and with an air pressure of around 970 hectopascals

Aug 9, 2023By Ko Dong-hwan
Powerful typhoon to pass through Korea Thursday
Environment & Animals

Typhoon Khanun forecast to hit Korea on Thursday

Engineers test wave barriers set up along the coast at Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province, Tuesday, as Typhoon Khanun is predicted to reach the country two days later. YonhapGovernment elevates crisis alert level to its highestBy Ko Dong-hwanTyphoon Khanun has changed course. It is now heading toward the country's southern coast, a change from a forecast a few days ago that the northbound typhoon would hit southwestern Japan and pass over the sea between the two countries. The latest forecast led to the early evacuation of tens of thousands of participants from the World Scout Jamboree venue on the reclaimed tidal flats of Saemangeum, North Jeolla Province. Most of the 37,000 evacuated Scouts are being relocated to Seoul and its surrounding areas. The Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) said Tuesday Khanun's eye and core impact zone will scathe the west coast of Japan's Kyushu later the day and, keeping its northbound path, reach the middle of the southern coast of Korea on Thursday morning. The typhoon has been forecast to carry “strong” winds of 119 to 158 kilom

Aug 8, 2023By Ko Dong-hwan
Typhoon Khanun forecast to hit Korea on Thursday
Foreign Affairs

UK Scouts enjoy alternative programs in Seoul, Incheon

British Scouts watch a guard-changing ceremony at Gyeongbok Palace in downtown Seoul, Monday. Yonhap Capital region caters to visitors with local tourism sitesBy Ko Dong-hwanDespite their early exit from the World Scout Jamboree in Saemangeum, North Jeolla Province, due to extreme heat conditions, British Scouts are enjoying alternative tour programs offered by the Seoul and Incheon governments. On Monday afternoon, some Scouts from the United Kingdom visited Gyeongbok Palace in central Seoul, where they saw a guard-changing ceremony. The British Scouts were part of the 4,300-member delegation that withdrew from the Jamboree over the weekend, the first country to do so. Previously on Sunday night, the city saw 155 British Scouts enjoying the city nightscape. In four buses accommodated by the Seoul Metropolitan Government, the Scouts rode along the Han River and dropped by local tourism hotspots. Cooling off with hand fans in the warm summer night and earphones for audio guides provided by the city government, the Scouts started from Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul at about 9:30 p

Aug 7, 2023By Ko Dong-hwan
UK Scouts enjoy alternative programs in Seoul, Incheon
  • 'We survive. We are Scouts. We don't have problems.'
Foreign Affairs

Lack of control tower leads to Jamboree debacle

British Scouts who withdrew from the 25th World Scout Jamboree in Saemangeum, North Jeolla Province, enter a hotel in Seoul, Sunday. Yonhap3 ministries, North Jeolla provincial gov't face criticismBy Ko Dong-hwanDespite six years of preparation for the ongoing World Scout Jamboree in Saemangeum, North Jeolla Province, the event has been branded a “disaster” due to its horrific campsite conditions amid an extreme heat wave and poor administrative management. Critics point to the lack of a main control tower as the biggest reason behind the fiasco.The quadrennial event, held on the site of a huge land reclamation project in Buan, started off with multiple organizers. Three of the five co-chairs on the organizing committee are from the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, the Ministry of the Interior and Safety and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism ― a structure that makes it easy for no one to claim primary responsibility for the problems. Already, British, U.S., Singaporean and Korean Scouts have left the campsite due to safety concerns.Interior and Safety Min

Aug 6, 2023By Ko Dong-hwan
Lack of control tower leads to Jamboree debacle
  • Gov't scrambles to keep World Scout Jamboree going
  • Situation improving at World Scout Jamboree campground
Environment & Animals

Typhoon Khanun expected to hit eastern Korea

Trees are blown by strong winds due to Typhoon Khanun in Naha, Japan, Saturday. AP-YonhapBy Ko Dong-hwanA shopping street is damaged by Typhoon Khanun in Naha, Japan, Thursday. Reuters-YonhapTyphoon Khanun is expected to hit the country's eastern coast later this week, putting southeastern parts of the Korean Peninsula under its wet influence, the weather agency said Sunday.However, the agency said later in the day that the northbound typhoon's predicted course has shifted closer to the Korean Peninsula. It was previously forecast to hit southern parts of Japan while distancing itself from Korea. According to the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA), Khanun will start soaking the country on Wednesday night, dropping rain on Busan, Ulsan and South Gyeongsang Province.As the typhoon shifts north, the overcast will move further north over Daegu, North Gyeongsang Province and North Chungcheong Province by early Thursday morning and over Gangwon Province and eastern Gyeonggi Province later on Thursday morning. Ulleung Island and Dokdo will be under a particularly large amount of prec

Aug 6, 2023By Ko Dong-hwan
Typhoon Khanun expected to hit eastern Korea
Foreign Affairs

Canadian PM praises heroism of Korean firefighters

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks in front of Korean firefighters on their way back to Korea from Ottawa, Wednesday. Screenshot from XBy Ko Dong-hwanCanadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday tweeted a video clip of himself expressing gratitude to a Korean emergency firefighting team who helped his country deal with raging wildfires. “This morning in Ottawa, I got to send off an incredible group of people. They came from Korea and spent the last few weeks battling wildfires in Quebec,” Trudeau said in the video message posted on social media. “On behalf of all Canadians ― I thanked them for their heroic work.”The Korea Disaster Relief Team (KDRT), comprised of 151 personnel from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Korea Forest Service, the National Fire Agency and the medical sector, arrived in Lebel-sur-Quevillon, Quebec, on July 2. Two days later, they began a month-long mission fighting the natural disaster that prompted the Quebec provincial government to declare a state of emergency. In the 24-second video clip, Trudeau is on board a

Aug 2, 2023By Ko Dong-hwan
Canadian PM praises heroism of Korean firefighters
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