Minister Yoon to conduct site inspection of national parks for disaster preparation   

In order to provide safe visiting sites during summer, the Minister Yoon, Seong-kyu of Environment went on a site inspection to check disaster preparedness of national parks.

On July 6, Minister Yoon takes a site inspection of landslide and rockslide hazard areas in

Bukhansan National Park and calls for thorough preparation to prevent safety accidents in summer.

Korea National Park Service (KNPS) established a “Safety measure against flood and typhoon” and designated 218 sites as special management area for preventing causalities from flooding. In such areas, KNPS will arrange safe guards and rescue equipments intensively.

In addition, KNPS expressed its strong will to prevent safety accidents by taking wide-ranging measures such as imposing ban on mountain climbing in special weather report, operating situation rooms for safety measure against disaster, running a forecast and warning system in national parks and issuing heat wave warnings.

Minister Yoon said that as the national parks are the best healing place for the public, he will undertake a regular inspection on the parks to make sure of safe and pleasant visits to the national parks.