Yonhap News Agency

Implemented under four strategies and focusing on vulnerable populations, South Korea's Fourth Basic Disaster Management Plan aims to reduce disaster fatalities by 40%.

'Despite decades of global efforts to solve water issues, the world has been witnessing more serious water-related natural disasters. Under the circumstances, joint efforts and active cooperation among global players are required to deal with and adapt to climate change, the main cause of such disasters'...

'The law stipulates principles concerning observation and forecast of natural disasters, prevention of damages and rescue activities,' reported the Korean Central News Agency...

The government is working on a new manual for national disaster training to better cope with multiple natural disasters similar to the March 11 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear accidents in Japan, the home affairs ministry said Wednesday...

In the wake of deadly landslides and flooding attributed to climate change, said President Lee Myung-bak, 'the government's priorities include comprehensive reexamination of existing disaster-prevention systems and strengthening the safety and disaster prevention standards'...

The United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction and The Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea in Geneva have signed an MoU to establish a new UNISDR Regional Office for NE Asia and a training Centre for disaster management, located in Incheon...