SEOUL, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and the United States kicked off their first joint underwater excavation project earlier this month to recover the remains of American soldiers killed during the 1950-53 Korean War, the defense ministry said Friday. Some 10 South Korean military personnel, and 20 from the U.S. Forces Korea and [...]
SEOUL, March 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s oceans ministry said Thursday it has identified 123 new underwater species during a four-year investigation project aimed at building a detailed database of marine resources. The number covers 54 species that were discovered for the first time in the world, along with 69 that were previously reported [...]
POHANG, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Smartphones can now be used to monitor how a fish grows inside a fish farm. The Pohang University of Science and Technology announced on Wednesday that the Gyeongbuk Sea Grant Center, the university’s affiliate research institution, has developed a wireless underwater camera system. Up until now, fish farm owners [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — By January 2020, people will be able to go underwater in the East Sea to visit its mysterious marine ecosystem with ease. The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries announced yesterday that it plans to install an eight-storey half-underwater observation deck near the National Marine Science Center currently being built [...]
POHANG, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – Tamhae II is Korea’s only geophysical survey vessel. It was built in 1996, and has since engaged in various domestic and international exploration missions for underwater resources like petroleum and gas hydrate. Its other missions also included geological mapping of the ocean floor, and detecting risk factors for potential [...]