The head of a local agricultural cooperative who assaulted a public official at an event venue in Yanggu-gun he was sentenced to six months in prison and two years of probation which is equivalent to the loss of his position but he was commuted at the appeal trial and kept his position as the union leader the Chuncheon District Court's Criminal Division 2 (Chief Judge Kim Sung-rae) sentenced A (72) the head of the Yanggu Agricultural Cooperative Federation to a fine of 10 million won in violation of the original ruling union president A was dissatisfied with the protocol issue during the Yanggu-gun Gender Equality Competition and grabbed a public official by the collar and kicked him once in the shin The official suffered a wound that required two weeks of treatment the union leader A complained to the victim who was guiding him when he saw that his seat was placed behind him not the person in charge of the seating arrangement," he was angry and assaulted The union leader denied the charges in court saying that the victim's injuries were extremely minimal and could be healed naturally or that the victim was not dealing with specific guest duties at the time of the assault but all of the first trials were found guilty "If you look at the circumstances of the crime and the method of assault the guilt is not light and has not been forgiven by the victim until now." he explained the reason for the reduction of the sentence "Considering the attitude of acknowledging and reflecting on the fault at the party's trial the degree of injury is difficult to consider as heavy and the fact that the victim received the amount deposited by the defendant at the party's court and seems to have recovered much of the damage." ※ This service is provided by machine translation tool Shandong rubber additive manufacturer Yanggu Huatai has decided to acquire Bomi Technology a company engaged in developing polyimide materials Yanggu Huatai plans to purchase the company’s control of Bomi Technology by issuing shares and raising supporting funds Yanggu Huatai has not yet given a specific acquisition plan Tyrepress and Tyres & Accessories subscribers can log in below to read the full article If you are not yet a Tyrepress or Tyres & Accessories subscriber Subscribe now If you would like the latest news from the Chinese tyre industry in Chinese, visit our partner site TyrepressChina.com China on Friday detected five human cases of cutaneous anthrax The cases were detected after five farm workers came in direct contact with infected animals at a beef cattle farm in Yanggu county in eastern Shandong province Those infected have “mild symptoms” and are being treated and kept in isolation Health authorities have kept the close contacts under strict monitoring people usually get sick with anthrax if they come in contact with infected animals or contaminated animal products ​​​​​​​According to US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention “Cutaneous anthrax happens when anthrax spores get into a cut or scape on the skin when a person handles infected animals or contaminated animal products like wool and hands,” the CDC says on its website Yanggu Huatai held a groundbreaking ceremony for its Thailand factory The factory is scheduled for production in the first quarter of 2026 it will be able to produce 30,000 tons of high-performance rubber additives per year including 10,000 tons of rubber protective wax 10,000 tons of rubber processing aids and 10,000 tons of high-performance silane coupling agents If you would like the latest news from the Chinese tyre industry in Chinese, visit our partner site TyrepressChina.com. Or click below to continue on Tyrepress. Yanggu-gun, Gangwon-do, is raising the level of the struggle to abolish the government's plan to build a climate response dam (Isoocheon Dam). On the 12th, Yanggu-gun institutions, social organizations, people who have left the country, and residents held a rally in Gangwon-do Provincial Government Square to urge the withdrawal of the dam construction plan. On the 30th of last month, Yanggu-gun County Governor Seo Heung-won and other residents called for the abolition of the dam construction at the National Assembly Plaza in Yeouido, Seoul. On this day, Mayor Seo Heung-won said in a press conference, "The construction of another dam in Yanggu, which is already surrounded by three dams, Soyanggang Dam, Hwacheon Dam, and Peace Dam, is no different from keeping Yanggu County residents trapped in a lake and dying." In the meantime, if the Imyangcheon Dam is constructed, the habitat of natural monument hot-necked fish, mountain goats, and musk deer will be destroyed along with the submersion of Dutayeon, which is certified as an ecotourism area and a national geopark. In particular, Yanggu has already built a dam in Biari, Dongmyeon, upstream of the Imyangcheon Stream, in 2021 to supply water stably, and the downstream area of the Imyangcheon Stream is not experiencing significant flood damage, so there is no need for a dam to supply water and control flood, he said. "No more unreasonable sacrifice is acceptable." ※ This service is provided by machine translation tool, NAVER papago. National Philippine soldiers from Korean War honored at Camp Tiano War Memorial A ceremony to commemorate the 71st anniversary of the erection of the Camp Tiano War Memorial took place in Yanggu-gun, Gangwon Province on Monday. The Camp Tiano War Memorial was built to commemorate the 19th Battalion Combat Team from the Philippine Expeditionary Force to Korea who died during the Battle of Hill Eerie in 1952 while fighting against the Chinese Communist Forces during the 1950-53 Korean War. The camp was given its name to honor the troops that died during the battle, including Lt. Apollo Tiano. The 19th Battalion Combat Team is also well known for being the first to receive the Korean Presidential Unit Citation for its victory against the Chinese forces by then-South Korean President Syngman Rhee. Bereaved family members of Lt. Apollo Tiano, special advisor to the Governor of Gangwon Province Residents’ Welfare Byun Ji-ryang and 21st Infantry Division leader Lee Sang-ryeol were in attendance. Although 71 years have passed since the war memorial was built, the commemoration ceremony took place for the first time this year, as the bereaved family was told that the monument was in North Korea. The family was not informed of the monument relocating to South Korea after the war ended. “I only saw this war memorial through pictures,” said Merz Panares Lim, a bereaved family member of Lt. Apollo Tiano. “It feels so good to finally see it in real life.” “Thanks to the Camp Tiano Memorial Society’s efforts, the Embassy of the Philippines and the PEFTOK Veterans Association were able to be informed of the monument’s existence,” said 21st Infantry Division leader Lee Sang-ryeol. “There are still many war memorials in Gangwon Province that are unknown in terms of who they honor. The province will work to find the protagonists behind the war memorials to properly pay our tributes.” “We will continue to promote various projects associated with the Camp Tiano War Memorial to honor Lt. Apollo Tiano and the fallen troops,” said Jenny Yoon, secretary-general of the Camp Tiano Memorial Society. Lee Jae-myung leads in hypothetical three-way race with Han Duck-soo, but race tightens, new poll shows Lee Jae-myung, the presidential candidate of South Korea’s main liberal Democratic Party, holds a lead in a potential three-way race for the country’s next election, but support for the conservative b In Korea, you can shop, dine and even see a doctor underground. But risks may lurk beneath 15% of Korean wage workers have flexible work schedules: data Azerbaijan urges Korean firms to invest in Alat FEZ UAE seeks Korean partnerships in water management 'Smile at me': Cancer-fighting senior influencer inspires with strength, grace Latest business news, delivered in a 2-minute read Respect wanes: Teaching no longer highly coveted job in S. Korea As unused homes increase in rural South Korea, govt. mobilizes nationwide response Supreme Court’s verdict sours Lee Jae-myung’s presidential bid Why S. Korean mothers are opting for C-sections at record rates South Koreans get creative with Parents’ Day gifts In South Korea, you can shop, dine and even see a doctor underground. But risks may lurk beneath Costco’s steep membership hike tests loyalty of Korean shoppers The Korea Herald by Herald Corporation. Copyright Herald Corporation. All Rights Reserved. This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks. The action you just performed triggered the security solution. There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data. You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked. Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page. Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the world have stopped providing more loans over concerns about its ability to repay according to people familiar with the matter The lenders of Xiangguang include Chinese and foreign banks who asked not to be named as the information is private The creditors are in discussions with Xiangguang on solutions Visitors at the Baengmagoji course in Cheorwon Gangwon look over the surrounding area from this file photo The Youth Yanggu 2025 National Judo Tournament hosted by the Korea Judo Association was held at the Yanggu Culture and Sports Center in Gangwon State from February 7-8 Ahn Cheol-woong Judo Hall won the team event in the 4th to 6th grades of the men's elementary school Ahn Cheol-woong Judo Hall also won the team event in the 4th to 6th grades of men's elementary school in the Youth Yanggu 2024 National Judo Competition It is the second consecutive year that he has reached the top the Youth Yang-gu 2025 National Judo Tournament two silver medals and three bronze medals in the individual competition The elementary school department has gold 2 (Kang Yoo-jun and the male middle school department has gold 1 dong 1 Ahn Cheol-woong Judo Hall is expanding the scope of the prize to the middle school based on the nation's strongest power in elementary schools the bronze medalist in the men's elementary school division at the Youth Yang-gu 2024 National Judo Competition ranked third in the men's middle school division at the Youth Yang-gu 2025 National Judo Competition a gold medalist in men's middle school at the Youth Yang-gu 2025 National Judo Competition also graduated from elementary school in 2024 In addition to achieving the second consecutive group competition in the 4th to 6th grades of men's elementary school the first-year middle school students took the podium twice which may be the reason Ahn Cheol-woong was selected as the excellent leader of the competition Ahn Cheol-woong was an elite athlete in three different events: ▲ 2008 Beijing Olympics men's national judo team standing army ▲ 2011 Sambo East Asian Championship gold medal ▲ 2012 Abu Dhabi World Professional Jiu-Jitsu competition gold medal Sambo is a Russian martial art that seems to be a mixture of judo and wrestling it is called 'An Cheol-woong Judo & Jiu-Jitsu Multi Gym' as a gym that encompasses various sports the director of the Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education ▲2021 self-defense guidance for the 'Health Charging Project for Tired Students' ▲ 2022 Gyeonggi Southern Police Agency Gwangju Police Station Dance Instructor ▲ 2023 National Health Insurance Corporation Judo Home Training Instructor ▲ Korea Sports University Women's Judo Department Ju Jitsu Instructor ▲ Kyungmin University Military Department Judo and Ju Jitsu Instructor 2024 are actively engaged in external activities 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Multicultural families attend Chuseok event Address by President Yoon Suk Yeol on the 79th Liberation Day Keynote Address by President Yoon Suk Yeol at the NATO Public Forum K-pop management innovation changes global music industry Korea-French friendship to drive future partnership Denmark's digital strategy to preserve global democracy 10th workshop of European Association for Korean Language Education (EAKLE) PNP launches TOP COP special class to enhance tourist safety K-Culture Extravaganza Lights Up Jozi: Korean Cultural Centre Unveils ‘Travelling Korea’ Korean Restaurant to open soon in Abuja-Envoy Jusung Gabriel Park & Daejeon Philharmonic Orchestra Production Design: Scene Architects Build On-Screen Worlds A seasonal worker from the Philippines shakes hands with a Korean farmer last April after arriving in Yanggu County Philippine migrant workers at a farm in Hongcheon County opened a new trail to residents and tourists in Gosi-ri Don't Cross the River." The promenade is a 250m new deck walking path created in the 2.5km Dulle-gil section of Gosi-ri Hoengseong-gun is known as a place in the movie "Don't Cross the River," and has built a Dulegil since 2016 so that visitors can take a tour of the village of Gosi-ri for visitors every year and it was said that it is difficult to use it fully because there are places in the section that cannot be moved on foot the county began construction of the natural wooden deck road in May and completed the road It would be good to walk while thinking of the movie's sad story Yanggu-gun will hold various events ahead of "Yanggu Day" on September 9 Yanggu-gun reinterprets the name "Yanggu" (楊口) as "Yanggu" (兩) which means "two in nine," and holds various events by setting September 9 as "Yanggu Tourism Day." A subsidy will be provided to tourists who have spent more than a certain amount in the jurisdiction and the Yanggu City Tour Discount Event will be held from September 6-8 tourists participating in Yanggu City Tour will receive a 100% discount on bus fares Through the Yanggu Culture and Tourism website and SNS an "Acrostic poem" event using the "9 Views of Yanggu" will be held The participants will be given a predetermined prize [Writing Choi Gapsu (travel writer) Photography by Yanggu and Hoengseong] [This article is Maeil Economy City Life No will hold the "2024 Healing Yanggu Cup National Youth Football Club Festival" at Yanggu Sports Complex (Natural turf) in Yanggu-gun and marketing to promote the Yanggu-gun area will be held The sports mecca city of Cheongchun Yanggu-gun (Governor Seo Heung-won) has held various types of soccer competitions over the past few years with SH Sports Agency (CEO Moon Sung-hwan) which combines multicultural and North Korean defectors have become competitions that attract national attention through quiet word of mouth which hosts and organizes the soccer festival will host the "2024 Healing Yanggu Cup National Youth Football Club Festival" by adding various on-site events to the 1st it is also preparing promotional marketing to develop and promote tourism products such as various attractions and contribute to revitalizing the local economy in connection with "sports and culture tourism." and the preliminary round will be held on August 24 and the ranking will be determined after the full group stage the tournament will be held in a tournament finals manner The prize money is Yanggu Love Gift Certificate which will give 300,000 won for each category "We deeply appreciate the participation of many athletes and undergraduate officials from all over the country at the 2024 Healing Yanggu Cup National Youth Football Club Festival this festival will be reborn as a festival that will revitalize the local economy the festival has been prepared so that sports and local economies can coexist together," he said "Yanggu-gun and Yanggu-gun Sports Foundation which always provide support for the growth of Korean youth football under the slogan 'Kick-off to Dream have prepared for the 2024 Healing Yanggu Cup National Youth Football Club Festival We have prepared booths and drinks for each team where the team can rest due to the hot weather and local win-win programs so that you can build a lot of memories the soccer festival is hosted and organized by SH Sports Agency a total sports marketing company with the slogan "The right that anyone can enjoy with a single soccer ball." It is sponsored by Yanggu-gun "The highlands of Gangwon-do are the last apples in our country the yield fell by nearly half due to climate change the Punchbowl area is the best place to grow apples." it may be difficult to grow high-quality apples unless the border is crossed," said Jeong Myung-soo who has been growing apples in coastal-myeon is an apple-producing area that has emerged in recent years It was named "Punchball" because of the basin's topography surrounded by mountains war correspondent named the topography here as a bowl containing "punch (party drink)." Now The Punchbowl area in Gangwon-do is attracting attention as a new major production area amid the steep rise in fruit prices Shinsegae Department Store bought it at a relatively low price through direct transactions with farmers here and introduced it as a gift set item for the Lunar New Year Shinsegae Department Store said on the 30th that sales of the "Punch Bowl Apple Set," which was introduced as a gift set for the Lunar New Year increased by about 70% from last year's gift apple set While the wholesale price of apples has more than doubled in a year it is analyzed that minimizing the price increase through direct transactions with the production area is effective According to the Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corporation the auction price of apples in Garak Market in Seoul was 74,430 won for 10 kilograms and 52,264 won for 5 kilograms Shinsegae Department Store's apple gift set (based on 12 pieces) rose only 20 percent from 150,000 won last year to 180,000 won this year This is due to direct transactions with punchball producers located in a high altitude of about 650m above sea level was not originally a suitable apple cultivation site as the average temperature rises by 0.3 degrees every year the limit line of apple cultivation has moved northward attracting attention as an apple cultivation site in a few years Apples are chilled crops that grow well in relatively cool places with an average temperature of 8 to 11 degrees but the daily temperature difference widens at night so apples can hold nutrients in cool Yanggu "There are two conditions for determining the quality of apples: the latitude and altitude of the plantation and Yanggu is the best condition now," adding it is advantageous to have less damage from cold seas or changes in precipitation." apples are considered to be marketable if they are 12 to 13 BRICS (sugar measurement units) it also won the best prize in the apple category for 2021-2022 consecutive years at the Korea Fruit Industry Exhibition hosted by the Ministry of Agriculture Considering that the price of apples has jumped sharply this year Shinsegae Department Store conducted a "select farm" to discover the production area and sign a direct transaction contract After selecting the production area locally the Shinsegae Product Science Research Institute separately determines the quality and selects the producer apples can be directly procured and the price increase can be suppressed as much as possible While the actual wholesale price of apples more than doubled Shinsegae's cost of apples for holiday gift sets rose by about 30% and consumer sales prices could be maintained at around 20% The direct contract method of the production area is also attracting attention as a win-win model in that it can maintain stable transactions with the production area and Shinsegae purchases much of it directly Department stores can procure high-quality products at low prices and production areas can maintain stable sales outlets and Yanggu-gap) of the Democratic Party of Korea appointed actor Lee Won-jong as the chairman of the support Lawmaker Huh's office said in a press release on the 27th that he appointed Lee Won-jong as the chairman of the sponsorship Huh was impressed by Lee Won-jong's actions as a public figure while focusing on his main job as acting and asked him to take over as the chairman of the sponsorship." Lee Won-jong was also willing to accept it and was appointed as the chairman of the sponsorship." "I have always thought that our National Assembly needs people who are really hard-working and truly capable," adding "I think Heo Young is the one who fits this and I can confidently guarantee." Heo and Lee Won-jong recently met and talked at Chuncheon's election office He also met citizens together in Chuncheon area who showed courage as a citizen who acted before he was a great actor," and emphasized I will win for the development of Chuncheon without interruption and the normalization of the Republic of Korea." Lee publicly supported candidate Lee Jae-myung during the last presidential election The 2024 Peace Yanggu Cup National Youth Football Club Festival and the Yanggu Sports Complex (Natural turf) youth soccer festival in Yanggu-gun The early recruitment of participating teams for the "2024 Peace Yanggu Cup National Youth Football Club Festival," in which mothers with young soccer players and soccer players each participate in the competition has been receiving keen attention and love even before the competition The sports mecca city of Cheongchun Yanggu County (Mayor Seo Heung-won) has been in the spotlight as a venue for various types of soccer competitions over the past few years along with SH Sports Agency (CEO Moon Sung-hwan) The "Peace Yanggu Cup" centered on youth soccer the "Happy Yanggu Cup," and the "Yanggu Peace Cup," which combines multicultural and North Korean defectors have emerged as a competition that attracts national attention through quiet word of mouth will be held by adding the existing 1st grade and mothers (mothers with children of soccer players and Korean mothers with children) and contribute to revitalizing the local economy and the mother's team will play a single-day game on the 24th and the first-year special game will be played in the first and second place cross-qualification and final after the full league of two teams from eight teams and 5+6th graders will be held from the 24th to the 25th they will decide to advance to the first and second-ranked classical divisions and the third and fourth-ranked Challenges The 25th will be held in the 1st place x 4th place and the final after the group full stage of the Classic and Challenger divisions The award will be awarded to all participating teams (winning The prize money is a Yanggu Love Gift Certificate which will be awarded to first graders (200,000 won for winning 5+6th graders (classics: 300,000 won for winning 200,000 won for joint third place / Challenger: 150,000 won for winning "It is a great honor to start the first soccer festival in 2024 in Yanggu-gun We deeply appreciate that many athletes and undergraduate officials from all over the country visited Yanggu-gun This festival will be reborn as a festival with various events "I would like to express my sincere gratitude to CEO Moon Sung-hwan of SH Sports Agency for planning to help sports culture and the local economy coexist together," he said CEO of SH Sports Agency Moon Sung-hwan said "We are receiving keen attention and love by closing the team participating in the 2024 Peace Yanggu Cup National Youth Football Club Festival Teams from all over the country and from Jeju Island will also participate 2 teams from 5+6th grade attended in China and thank you for your interest and support in China we are doing our best to prepare experience centers and events that not only players participating but also families and visitors can enjoy and experience "We will prepare with the Yanggu-gun Sports Foundation to become a sports culture a total sports marketing company with the slogan of "the right that anyone can enjoy with just one soccer ball," and is sponsored by Yanggu-gun the idols held a “Couch Talk” via Naver’s V Live broadcast “I’ve been watching TV or cooking a lot at home I made lots of Thai dishes and pasta.” The 2PM members then said that they would share ways that fans can feel “healing” in quarantine “I usually play games,” while Jun “I’ve finished working on the album and am waiting.” “I feel so happy when I drink coffee at home That time helps me to empty my thoughts and I feel clear.” Nichkhun said, “We held a concert after ‘My House’ was released. It was a house party concept and it was really fun. Jun. K wrote the song and lyrics for the song.” Jun. K explained, “I think the song was successful because 2PM’s sexiness was highlighted. Things like our facial expressions were shown well.” Nichkhun added, “If we have a comeback, we have to perform ‘My House’ no matter what.” Speaking about Wooyoung’s upcoming birthday on April 30, Jun. K asked him what he did last year for his birthday. Wooyoung replied, “Many soldiers congratulated me on my birthday.” Jun. K added, “We spent it together at Yanggu. I luckily ran into Wooyoung a lot in the military.” 2PM continued spending quality time together by drawing, exercising, and playing games. After the broadcast, Nichkhun shared a photo of the three members. He wrote, “Hello, this is 2PM! Thank you HOTTEST [2PM’s fandom name]!” A post shared by Nichkhun Horvejkul/นิชคุณ/닉쿤 (@khunsta0624) Source (1) please click the box below to let us know you're not a robot Get the most important global markets news at your fingertips with a Bloomberg.com subscription An event will be held at the museum on the 22nd to donate moon jar works to Takumi Asakawa Museum of Art in Hokuto City who is said to have reproduced Joseon white porcelain Hokutoshi is the hometown of Takumi Asakawa a Japanese white porcelain researcher who widely introduced Joseon's moon jars to Japan Brothers Takumi Asakawa and Noritaka delivered the beauty of Joseon white porcelain to the Japanese culture and art world and critic Muneyoshi Yanagi praised the beauty Takumi Asakawa was buried at Manguri Cemetery in Korea while studying white porcelain The donation was made through years of consultations between the Joseon White Porcelain Research Institute and the city of Hokuto In an unexpected Valentine’s Day edition of Announcement Day, Wizards of the Coast announced a slate of six new products to be released this summer: Magic: the Gathering Portal and Global Series: Jiang Yanggu and Mu Yanling Magic: the Gathering Portal will allow you to create private tournaments and even track your stats over multiple events It will also give you the ability to look up cards and rules Portal will include some social features to help you keep up with your Magic friends Signaling a new direction for From the Vault-type products, Wizards announced a new Jace-themed product called Signature Spellbook: Jace The Spellbooks are built around a particular Planeswalker and their signature spells Each Spellbook will contain a premium card plus eight other cards that match the Planeswalker’s identity The first edition of the Signature Spellbook product will feature Jace just after he regained his memories on Ixalan and will be available on June 15th Wizards also confirmed the From the Vault is on hiatus Battlebond is a brand new Two-Headed Giant booster variant that will be released on June 8th, 2018. It is the first set in Magic history to be designed specifically for 2HG play following in the footsteps of its cousins Conspiracy and Unstable can be played in either Sealed or Draft formats Battlebond is set on the new plane of Kylem Each pack of Battlebond will retailer for $3.99 Last year, Wizards of the Coast released Commander Anthology, a product that featured four decks from previous Commander releases. Commander Anthology Volume 2 will also contain four previously-released Commander decks with 13 premium Commanders and will be available on June 8th In what has become an annual tradition, Wizards will also release Commander (2018 Edition) this summer on August 10th Commander 2018 will feature four brand new Commander decks with 12 premium commanders and each deck will cost $39.99 RSS Feed the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating North and South Korea has shrunk by 43% presented at a press conference at the Green Education Center in Seoul’s Hyehwa neighborhood “North and South have both pushed the barbed wire they have laid on their sides of the DMZ closer to the opposing side,” Green Korea said “As the average distance between the barbed wire on both sides has shrunk to 2.3km the area of the DMZ has decreased from the original 992km2 to 570km2 This was confirmed by on-the-site research and analysis of satellite imagery.” The DMZ was set up to be a 4km wide space straddling the 248km-long military demarcation line that emerged from the armistice that ended the combat phase of the Korean War While it was well known that North and South Korean incursion into the DMZ after the armistice was signed had reduced its size this is the first time that a concrete estimate has been given of how much the DMZ has shrunk The results of the study by Green Korea show that it is virtually impossible to find a section of the 248km-long DMZ that maintains the 4km distance between the barbed wire on both sides even though that is the distance stipulated in the armistice agreement Around Hoengsan Village in Yeoncheon County of Gyeonggi Province on the Western Front the Imjin River flows between the two positions the distance between the North and South Korean barbed wire is only 1.86km And around Baekhak Mountain near Bangmok Village the barbed wire maintained by North and South Korea is not even 1.98km apart One of the best examples of a place where the space between the barbed wire has grown narrower is the central section of the Eastern Front in Yanggu County the distance between the barbed wire fences is less than 2km North and South Korean fences are less than 700m apart Based on the figures and testimony collected by Green Korea when North Korea started pushing the North Korean border which had been 2km north of the military demarcation line an average of 500-700km closer to the military demarcation line South Korea retaliated by pushing the barbed wire it had laid at the South Korean border further north “North and South Korea moved forward a little at a time in order to secure areas that were useful for observing the movements of the enemy,” Green Korea said “While they may not have crossed the military demarcation line both North and South Korea did violate the armistice agreement.” Green Korea explains that North Korea strung new high-voltage electric wire across the entire DMZ in 1986 As they installed this wire closer to the military demarcation line South Korea moved some of its own barbed wire closer to North Korea It was at this point that the DMZ once again was significantly reduced in size “In addition to being a buffer zone blocking military clashes between North and South Korea the DMZ has also functioned as a major ecosystem on the Korean peninsula,” said Seo Jae-cheol natural ecology office chief for Green Korea the DMZ shrinking means not only that there is a greater risk of armed clashes between North and South Korea but also that there is a larger danger of the ecosystem being damaged.“ ”The DMZ is already damaged enough,“ Seo said ”The government’s plan to build a peace park in the DMZ must not be carried out in a way that would further damage the DMZ.“ Please direct questions or comments to [english@hani.co.kr] All Headlines North Korea Sports Top News Most Viewed Korean Newspaper Headlines Today in Korean History Yonhap News Summary Editorials from Korean Dailies temporarily left the music scene to join the Army on Monday The 30-year-old started his mandatory military service at a boot camp of the Army's 21st Division in Yanggu "I am really grateful (to the fans) and will be back safely," Lee told journalists and fans who came to the site of his enlistment "I will be safeguarding my voice as I promised Some 500 South Korean and foreign fans came all the way to the small border town Lee debuted in 2007 as one of the main vocalists of F.T Island member to begin mandatory military service Lee Hong-gi gives a military salute to fans before starting his mandatory military service in Yanggu All News National Economy/Finance Biz Culture/K-pop Images Videos Korean Newspaper Headlines Korea in Brief Useful Links Weather Advertise with Yonhap News Agency