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The land ministry in Korea put out an urgent bid to carry out research to establish new seismic design guidelines for airports and seaport facilities, one of the government's followup measures to an earthquake that rocked country's southeast last week.

'What I realized was that you cannot have sustainable economic development unless you tackle the issues of natural disasters because disasters push back people and the economy, especially major natural disasters,' said Sanjaya Bhatia, head of the UNISDR office in Incheon...

The three-day official visit is intended for the Mayor to learn from Japan's disaster preparedness and efficient use of energy, which he plans to use in developing a safety plan for Seoul...

NEMA will properly maximize the use of its budget in propelling the standardization of a disaster prevention system, the improvement of prediction capacity, the building of an integrated disaster management system, etc...

The Seoul Metropolitan Government has placed weather-observing video cameras along the nation’s western coast to detect early warning signs and give officials adequate preparation time, after a major snowstorm paralysed Seoul last year...

'The primary goal of our renovation scheme is to preclude flood damage. We would not be able to revamp our rivers as beautifully as those in Korea given a lack of funds but we need to inject as much money as we can'...

Ahn Sang-soo, chief of the ruling Grand National Party recently proposed that South and North Korea establish a joint body to conduct research and share information on natural hazards on the peninsula, reports The Korea Herald...