President Lee Jae Myung criticized the Korea National Oil Corporation for inadequate analysis of the Great Whale gas project, questioning its financial viability and urging structural changes in bureaucracy.
Winter heralds the opening of the so-called humpback highway, a migratory corridor along Australia's east coast used by about 40,000 of the massive creatures as they travel from feeding grounds in Antarctica to breeding areas off Queensland state.
A sperm whale spotted off the coast of Gwangyang Harbor in South Jeolla last week was seen moving back toward deeper waters on Wednesday after lingering nearshore for six days.
Great Whale Project, the first part of Korea's ambitious project of finding a potential 14 billion barrels of oil and gas reserves off the country's east coast, was found to have not enough economic value to warrant further investigation.
The interim leader of the conservative People Power Party, Kwon Young-se, called for continued drilling in Korea's deep-sea gas and oil reserves project in the East Sea on Friday.
The Great Whale Project's first drilling revealed insufficient hydrocarbon levels to justify further exploration, though six other locations show potential. The Ministry will analyze data and seek foreign investment for continued efforts.
The government budget intended to fund Korea's Great Whale Project — a deep-sea gas field development initiative off Korea's eastern coast — was removed from next year’s approved budget bill, leaving the fate of one of the country’s most ambitious...
A dead minke whale was found on Baengnyeong Island in the Yellow Sea. According to the Korea Coast Guard Station Incheon and a local environmental activist group called Green Incheon, the dead whale was discovered on Thursday at 12:49 p.m.
Two Korean works of fiction garnered notable accolades from global literature critics this year - Cheon Myeong-kwan's "Whale" and Han Kang's "I Do Not Bid Farewell."
People walk in front of the Jangsaengpo Whale Museum in Nam District, Ulsan, on Wednesday, a day before a revised bill that prohibits the new introduction of cetaceans at aquariums, including whales and dolphins, goes into effect.
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