A pair of red foxes was released into the wild Wednesday, as part of efforts to restore a healthy population of the species, thought almost extinct in Korea. The foxes, born and raised in Seoul Zoo, were set free on Sobaeksan in North Gyeongsang Province, after two months of training designed to help them adapt to life in the wild, the Environmental Ministry said. “It is the first such reintrod...

Six cities in race to host Green Climate Fund; decision expected on Friday Korean officials are making a final pitch to host a U.N.-operated fund which will be the single largest source of financing for global efforts to fight climate change. Songdo, a newly developed international business district in Incheon, is vying with five other cities to host the secretariat of the Green Climate Fund. ...

The urban agriculture movement has long thrived in big cities in the West to meet growing desires for health, repose and a sense of community. Around the world, over 800 million urban dwellers grow vegetables, fruits or flowers in their backyards, on rooftops or even in a few pots on a balcony, according to the Rural Development Administration. “Urban farming is a 21st-century trend among world...

City planners in many countries are pushing urban farming to turn their cities into more pleasant and livable places. Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon is one ardent advocate. In June, he declared the year 2012 as the beginning of an urban farming era, unveiling a plan to secure enough farming space in the highly congested capital for each household in the city to have a 3.3 square-meter veggie patch. ...

A species of ostracods believed to have been extinct for over 40 million years has been found living in a pond inside a cave in Korea. According to the state-run National Institute of Biological Resources on Tuesday, the tiny seed shrimp found in Uljin Cave belong to a genus called Frambocythere, whose existence on earth was evidenced only by fossil records, mostly from Europe, dating back as fa...