SEOUL, May 10 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea dismantled a fire station built with the South Korean government’s budget at the Mount Kumgang resort on the North’s east coast last month, the unification ministry said Friday. The ministry in charge of inter-Korean affairs voiced “strong” regret over North Korea’s “unilateral” removal of the South Korean [...]
DAEGU, March 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A fire station in the southeastern city of Daegu said Thursday it has started to offer a translation service for foreign residents in the city, amid increasing calls for help from them. According to the Suseong Fire Station, there are more than 28,000 registered foreign residents in the city, [...]
CHUNCHEON, Jul. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Rescue workers in Gangwon Province have developed a manual that will help guard emergency call operators against prank calls and other non-urgent calls made to emergency rescue centers. The province’s fire department said that it had published a “protective manual,” a first in the nation. The measure comes as [...]
MIRYANG/SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – Officials of a fire-ravaged hospital in the southern city of Miryang apologized Friday for the deadly blaze but claimed they have complied with disaster prevention regulations amid criticism that no sprinkler system was installed in the hospital. The blaze left at least 37 people dead and more than 140 [...]
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 [...]