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Chinese company picked to salvage Sewol

By Kim Se-jeong A consortium between a Chinese salvage company and a Korean firm became the preferred bidders for the salvage project for the ferry Sewol.The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries announced Wednesday it has selected the Shanghai Salvage consortium to retrieve the Sewol wreckage.Shanghai Salvage, owned by the Chinese Ministry of Transport, has a 70-percent stake in the consortium, while Busan-based marine installation company Ocean C&I holds the other 30 percent as its partner.Negotiations on the exact details of the operation will begin on July 20.“We believe Shanghai Salvage has the most appropriate technology and offered the best price,” a ministry official said during a press conference.The consortium proposed a price of 89.1 billion won for the project. The government’s budget is 100 billion won.Shanghai Salvage has saved 1,900 vessels since its establishment in 1951. It also salvaged the Chinese ferry which capsized on the Yangtze River on June 4.According to its plan, the company will pump air into the ferry which will float it 23 meters ab

Jul 15, 2015By Kim Se-jeong
South Korea

Man with no license booked for driving Mongolian diplomatic car

By Kim Se-jeong Police have booked a man without physical detention for driving a vehicle belonging to the Mongolian Embassy in Seoul without a driver’s license.Jungbu Police Station officials said Monday, the man, a Mongolian, 45, whose name was withheld, was driving a diplomatic car in central Seoul at around 9:30 a.m. on Friday.A policeman in a patrol vehicle saw the man throw a cigarette butt from the window, and stopped the driver to fine him for a misdemeanor.Asked to show his ID card, the man presented an ordinary passport, not a diplomat’s passport. Asked to show his driver’s license, he said he did not have one.Police found that the man had a record of drunk driving in Korea in 2004 and that his driver’s license had been cancelled.The man told police he was an executive with MIAT Mongolian Airlines, Mongolia’s national carrier.“He was a legal resident here, and he said that he was driving the diplomatic vehicle because he was given ‘a mission’ by the embassy,’” a police officer said.Officials at

Jul 13, 2015By Kim Se-jeong
South Korea

Typhoon hits southern peninsula

People ask Korean Air staffers about schedule changes at Jeju International Airport after dozens of flights were grounded due to typhoon Chan-hom, Sunday. / YonhapHeavy rain, strong wind cancel flightsBy Kim Se-jeong Typhoon Chan-hom brought torrential rainfall to southern parts of the country over the weekend, causing damage to facilities and forcing the cancellation of flights and ferries.According to Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA), the accumulated rainfall between Saturday and Sunday in the mountainous regions of Jeju Island exceeded 1,400 millimeters. The rest of the island received nearly 200 millimeters on average. People were banned from climbing Mount Halla at the center of the island, and beaches were closed.Besides Jeju, the typhoon mainly affected southern parts of the peninsula, with 330 millimeters of rain falling in Sancheong near the Mount Jiri range and Namwon and 120 millimeters in Boseong and on Baengnyeong Island. Seoul had 70 millimeters of rain with the most, 60 millimeters, falling in Yangsan.The KMA said most of Korea will stay under the influen

Jul 12, 2015By Kim Se-jeong
Typhoon hits southern peninsula
South Korea

'High population density challenge to nature conservation'

By Kim Se-jeong A Ministry of Environment official said that Korea’s high population density poses additional challenges to nature conservation across the country.Speaking at the World Leaders’ Conservation Forum on Jeju Island on Wednesday, Deputy Minister Baek Gyu-seok said, “Korea is a small country but has a relatively large population. And this is a challenge to the ministry’s effort for the coexistence of people and nature.”Korea is the 23rd most densely populated country in the world, with 503 people per square kilometer.Baek shared examples of these challenges, one of which is disruption in the national parks. “Almost 80 national parks around the country draw almost 100 million people every year,” he said. “We see people ruining mountain trails and creating illegal trails which outnumber regular ones. The stress on those public parks is very high.”The deputy minister said the ministry is also concerned about the native black bear restoration project in Mount Jiri in South Gyeongsang Province, which is now a home for m

Jul 9, 2015By Kim Se-jeong
South Korea

MERS listed as notifiable disease

By Kim Se-jeong The Ministry of Health and Welfare said Thursday that it has placed Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) on a list of communicable diseases whose occurrence must be immediately made public.Health authorities are required to disclose relevant information to the public quickly in the case of the outbreak, such as hospitals and other establishments infected patients visited.“MERS was included as a Group 4 infectious disease, which is those that break out overseas and are brought into the country,” a ministry official said. Plague, yellow fever, dengue fever and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) are also on the list.Previously MERS was a disease which the health ministry designated as requiring monitoring for possible spread.In the meantime, no new cases or deaths from MERS were reported, Thursday, with the total confirmed cases remaining at 186 and deaths, 35.Out of the 151 remaining cases, 120 have been discharged from state-run quarantine facilities after recovery; 23 are being treated in two different medical facilities with light symptoms,

Jul 9, 2015By Kim Se-jeong
South Korea

Minister optimistic about achieving economic growth, conserving nature

By Kim Se-jeongYoon Seong-kyuEnvironment MinisterSEOGWIPO ― Minister of Environment Yoon Seong-kyu said Wednesday that nature conservation and economic growth are possible together and can be fostered through dialogue such as the World Leaders’ Conservation Forum currently taking place on Jeju Island.In his welcoming speech, Yoon said nature conservation has long been considered a constraint on economic development, and the two have been regarded as contradictory concepts.“But when we connect nature conservation and economic growth and engage them with each other, they become one strong and powerful mechanism that will lead us toward a better future for all. This is the mechanism we are building today, here at the World Leaders’ Conservation Forum,” he said.Yoon said world leaders and environment experts participating in the forum will find a path that leads people to peace, coexistence and sustainable development. “I firmly believe that this forum will not only give us a source of hope and inspiration for a better future for all, but also motivatio

Jul 8, 2015By Kim Se-jeong
Minister optimistic about achieving economic growth, conserving nature
South Korea

'Korea must regulate invasive species'

By Kim Se-jeongProf. SimberloffSEOGWIPO ― An American ecology scholar advised the Korean government, Tuesday, to set up regulations to counter the trade of “invasive species” here and protect Korea’s biodiversity.Speaking at the World Leaders’ Conservation Forum on Jeju Island, Prof. Daniel Simberloff from the University of Tennessee said piranhas recently found in a reservoir in Hoengseong, Gangwon Province, are a good example of environmental threats posed by invasive species.Invasive species are those introduced to an environment where they are not native and have a negative impact on the host environment.During the three-day forum, which will end Thursday, 43 experts from Korea and the rest of the world are holding various sessions to discuss the importance of nature conservation.Local authorities blocked public access to the reservoir and drained the water in order to catch them.It is not yet clear how the predatory fish, indigenous to the Amazon River in South America, actually ended up in Korea.The professor said piranhas had also been found in Haw

Jul 7, 2015By Kim Se-jeong
'Korea must regulate invasive species'
South Korea

Conservation forum to begin today on Jeju

By Kim Se-jeong The inaugural World Leaders’ Conservation Forum, a gathering of renowned experts on environment, will open Tuesday on Jeju Island.During the three-day forum, 43 experts from NGOs, international organizations and governments will discuss the importance of nature conservation in achieving peace and the coexistence of people and nature, according to the Ministry of Environment.“We hope the forum will contribute to finding solutions to environmental challenges that the global community is facing,” Choi Jong-won, a ministry official, said.  The forum is hosted by the ministry, the municipal government of Jeju and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).The idea of launching this forum was agreed in 2012 at the World Conservation Congress in Jeju where participants agreed on a new dialogue channel for critical environmental issues.The forum’s notable participants include Environment Minister Yoon Seong-kyu; IUCN Director General Inger Andersen; Jeju Governor Won Hee-ryong; Ramsar Convention Secretary General Christopher Br

Jul 6, 2015By Kim Se-jeong
Conservation forum to begin today on Jeju
South Korea

MERS patients at Samsung Medical moved

By Kim Se-jeongMiddle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) patients at Samsung Medical Center (SMC) have been transferred to two state-run hospitals in Seoul, according to the Ministry of Health and Welfare, Friday.The transfer came after concerns SMC could breed further cases because new outbreaks keep on occurring there, including two nurses who were diagnosed the previous day.At SMC, 15 patients were treated. Nine of them were transferred to either the National Medical Center or the Seoul Metropolitan Government-Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center. Three more are waiting to be moved.The remaining three cases at SMC include one patient who recovered and is ready to go home, and two who were unable to move because of previous illnesses they were receiving treatment for.“The corridors and elevators used for the transfer were sealed off to prevent the spread of the virus. Protective gear was also given to people mobilized in the transfer as well,” a ministry official said.“We will give additional instruction to medical staffers there about how to put on and

Jul 3, 2015By Kim Se-jeong
Travel & Food

Hotel Lobby

 The cold noodles are topped with abalone, sea cucumber, shrimps and vegetables. A set menu includes steamed abalone, lobster with hot sauce, fried lamb rack with black garlic and black pepper sauce, whole abalone and pine mushrooms and bamboo shoots with brown sauce, sautéed lobster tail with chef’s secret spices and more.The Sheraton Incheon Hotel’s Chinese restaurant YUE presents cool noodles along with a variety of signature dishes until Aug. 23.The lunch set menu costs 68,000 won and dinner set menu costs 85,000 won during weekdays and 115,000 won for weekends. Service charge and tax are included. For more information and reservations, call (032) 835-1718/9.    The JW Marriott Hotel Seoul’s Exchange Bar on the second floor presents Belgian beers until Sept. 30.“Unlimited Taste of Belgium” is featuring Stella Artois, Hoegaarden and Leffe, the three most popular Belgian brands both on tap and in bottles. Light snacks of salami, cheese cubes and pickles are available, as well. Those who buy the promotional package will a

Jul 2, 2015By Kim Se-jeong
Hotel Lobby
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